port

CEFRA2

/pɔːt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where ships load, unload, or shelter.

  2. 02

    noun

    A connection point for a cable or device.

Examples

  • A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

  • We began to sail in the direction of the port.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /po(ː)ɹt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sweet dark wine.

  2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.

  3. The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.

More examples

In context

  • Valparaiso was the country's main port.

  • Each eight has four ports and four starboards.

  • on the port side

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Origin

noun

From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.