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noun
1.
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
2.
a place along a coast in which ships may take refuge from storms; harbor.
3.
Also called port of entry. Law. any place where persons and merchandise are allowed to pass, by water or land, into and out of a country and where customs officers are stationed to inspect or appraise imported goods.
4.
a geographical area that forms a harbor: the largest port on the eastern seaboard.
5.
Informal. an airport.
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Example Sentences
- So I live in a dorm on my college campus and they have special issued wireless routers with certain ports blocked.
- There is a lot of activity in this port.
- Alaska's ferocious mosquitoes shouldn't bother you too much on board, but carry insect repellent for port calls.
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noun
1.
the left-hand side of a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
adjective
2.
pertaining to or designating port.
3.
located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to turn or shift to the port, or left, side.
Origin:
1570–80; special use of port4
1570–80; special use of port4
noun
any of a class of very sweet wines, mostly dark-red, originally from Portugal.
Origin:
1695–95; earlier Oporto, (Port) O Port < Portuguese Oporto Oporto, the main port of shipment for the wines of Portugal
1695–95; earlier Oporto, (Port) O Port < Portuguese Oporto Oporto, the main port of shipment for the wines of Portugal
noun
1.
an opening in the side or other exterior part of a ship for admitting air and light or for taking on cargo. Compare porthole (def. 1).
2.
Machinery. an aperture in the surface of a cylinder, for the passage of steam, air, water, etc.
3.
a small aperture in an armored vehicle, aircraft, or fortification through which a gun can be fired or a camera directed.
4.
Computers. a data connection in a computer to which a peripheral device or a transmission line from a remote terminal can be attached.
5.
EXPANDthe raised center portion on a bit for horses.
verb (used with object)
7.
Computers. to create a new version of (an application program) to run on a different hardware platform (sometimes followed by over).
Origin:
before 950; Middle English, Old English < Latin porta gate; akin to portus port1
before 950; Middle English, Old English < Latin porta gate; akin to portus port1
verb (used with object)
1.
Military. to carry (a rifle or other weapon) with both hands, in a slanting direction across the front of the body, with the barrel or like part near the left shoulder.
noun
2.
Military. the position of a rifle or other weapon when ported.
3.
Archaic. manner of bearing oneself; carriage or deportment.
Port.
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| port1 (pɔːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a town or place alongside navigable water with facilities for the loading and unloading of ships |
| 2. | See port of entry |
| [Old English, from Latin portus harbour, port] | |
| port2 (pɔːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called (formerly): larboard |
| a. the left side of an aircraft or vessel when facing the nose or bow | |
| b. Compare starboard (as modifier): the port bow | |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to turn or be turned towards the port |
| [C17: origin uncertain] | |
| port4 (pɔːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | nautical |
| a. an opening in the side of a ship, fitted with a watertight door, for access to the holds | |
| b. See porthole | |
| 2. | a small opening in a wall, armoured vehicle, etc, for firing through |
| 3. | an aperture, esp one controlled by a valve, by which fluid enters or leaves the cylinder head of an engine, compressor, etc |
| 4. | electronics a logic circuit for the input and ouput of data |
| 5. | chiefly (Scot) a gate or portal in a town or fortress |
| [Old English, from Latin porta gate] | |
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Word Origin & History
port
"harbor," O.E. port "harbor, haven," reinforced by O.Fr. port, both O.E. and O.Fr. from L. portus "port, harbor," originally "entrance, passage," from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage," from base *per- "to lead, pass over" (cf. Skt. parayati "carries over;" Gk. poros "journey, passage, way," peirein "to
EXPANDpierce, run through;" L. porta "gate, door," portare "passage," peritus "experienced;" Avestan peretush "passage, ford, bridge;" Armenian hordan "go forward;" Welsh rhyd "ford;" O.C.S. pariti "fly;" O.E. faran "to go, journey," O.N. fjörðr "inlet, estuary"). Meaning "left side of a ship" is attested from 1543, from notion of "the side facing the harbor" (when a ship is docked). It replaced larboard in common usage to avoid confusion with starboard (q.v.); officially so by Admiralty order of 1844 and U.S. Navy Department notice of 1846. Fig. sense "place of refuge" is attested from 1426; phrase any port in a storm first recorded 1749.
port
"gateway," O.E., from O.Fr. porte "gate, entrance," from L. porta "gate, door," from PIE base *per- (see port (1)). Specific meaning "porthole, opening in the side of a ship" is attested from 1243.
port
"bearing, mien," c.1369, from O.Fr. port, from porter "to carry," from L. portare (see port (1)).
port
"sweet dark-red wine," 1691, shortened from Oporto, city in northwest Portugal from which the wine was originally shipped, from O Porto "the port."
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Science Dictionary
port  (pôrt) Pronunciation Key
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port definition
1.
Each application program has a unique port number associated with it, defined in /etc/services or the Network Information Service "services" database. Some protocols, e.g. telnet and HTTP (which is actually a special form of telnet) have default ports specified as above but can use other ports as well.
Some port numbers are defined in RFC 3232 (which replaces RFC 1700). Ports are now divided into: "Well Known" or "Privileged", and "Ephemeral" or "Unprivileged" (comprising "Registered", "Dynamic", "Private").
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["Port Language" document in the Waterloo Port Development System].
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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