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English Definitions
port
N
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
port
N
sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
port
N
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
port
N
the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
port
N
(computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
port
V
put or turn on the left side, of a ship
port
V
land at or reach a port
port
V
turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
port
V
carry, bear, convey, or bring
port
V
carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
port
V
modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
port
located on the left side of a ship or aircraft
N
a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
Port Arthur
N
a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese
N
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
N
small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers
N
Australian cypress pine having globular cones
N
capital and chief port of Mauritius; located on the northwestern coast of the island
N
the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea
N
any port where a ship stops except its home port
N
a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
N
the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad
N
the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree
Port Orford cedar
N
large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
N
port city in Sudan on the Red Sea
N
sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
N
heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine
N
the capital and largest city of Haiti
Port-of-Spain
N
the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad
N
a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple
porta
N
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
N
opening for major blood vessels to enter and leave the liver
N
the quality of being light enough to be carried
portable
N
a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
portable
easily or conveniently transported
portable
of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull
N
a circular saw that is portable and is operated with a hand grip
N
a personal computer that can easily be carried by hand
portable saw
N
a circular saw that is portable and is operated with a hand grip
N
shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver
portage
N
the cost of carrying or transporting
portage
N
overland track between navigable waterways
portage
N
carrying boats and supplies overland
portal
N
a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
portal
N
a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
portal
N
a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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