seaport

CEFRB1

/sˈiˌpɔrt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A town or city with a harbor for ships.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

Examples

  • El Hamdania will be Algeria's largest seaport.

  • The Port of Gdansk is Poland's biggest seaport.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

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In context

  • For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The city's largest blank handled millions of tons of cargo each year.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From sea + port.