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port
  1. (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
  2. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
  3. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  4. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  5. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  6. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “The number of boats in the port vary depending on where the boats decide to land.”
      “From here the view over the city, the old port and the old town, down to the sea are stupendous.”
      “In fact, he did not see an exhaust port of any kind, but it might have been on the back of the ship.”
port
  1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  2. (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
  3. (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
  4. (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
  5. (computing) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The number of boats in the port vary depending on where the boats decide to land.”
      “From here the view over the city, the old port and the old town, down to the sea are stupendous.”
      “In fact, he did not see an exhaust port of any kind, but it might have been on the back of the ship.”
portability
  1. The quality of being portable.
  2. (computing) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.
  3. The ability of an employee to move between different social security schemes without losing their contributions.
  4. The ability of a telephone subscriber to keep his/her number when switching to a different network.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “That's still a big premium to pay for portability and extra battery life when you can get much more powerful laptops for much less.”
      “It's common for such items as mowers and quads to be stolen because of their portability.”
      “If you improve insurance portability, you'll have gone a considerable ways towards covering conditions before they get to be pre-existing.”
porter
  1. A person in control of the entrance to a building.
  2. (bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
  3. A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
  4. (Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
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  6. Examples:
    1. “You'll likely need a porter to carry some of your gear, and that porter will also need to carry his own gear and tent, so you'll need another porter to help him carry that.”
      “He carried one of her small cases into the lobby of the building where a porter stepped forward to retrieve it.”
port
  1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  3. (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The number of boats in the port vary depending on where the boats decide to land.”
      “From here the view over the city, the old port and the old town, down to the sea are stupendous.”
      “In fact, he did not see an exhaust port of any kind, but it might have been on the back of the ship.”
portable
porter
  1. A person who carries luggage and related objects.
  2. (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
  3. (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “You'll likely need a porter to carry some of your gear, and that porter will also need to carry his own gear and tent, so you'll need another porter to help him carry that.”
      “He carried one of her small cases into the lobby of the building where a porter stepped forward to retrieve it.”
portation
  1. (chiefly in combination) The act of carrying or transporting something; transportation
  2. (computing) The act of porting software between hardware or operating system platforms
porterage
  1. The transportation of goods by a porter
  2. The charge for this transportation
  3. Examples:
    1. “There is a briefing before people are allowed on to the mountain and government taxes and porterage tips to be sorted out.”
      “As well as a glass lift between the main tower and the rest of the complex, there will be 24-hour hotel-style porterage, basement parking and 18,000 sq ft of commercial space.”
      “We also take care of luggage handling and porterage, receipt and transfer of goods from the airport to the ship.”
port
  1. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The number of boats in the port vary depending on where the boats decide to land.”
      “From here the view over the city, the old port and the old town, down to the sea are stupendous.”
      “In fact, he did not see an exhaust port of any kind, but it might have been on the back of the ship.”
portableness
  1. The state or quality of being portable; portability.
port
  1. A suitcase, particularly a schoolbag.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The number of boats in the port vary depending on where the boats decide to land.”
      “From here the view over the city, the old port and the old town, down to the sea are stupendous.”
      “In fact, he did not see an exhaust port of any kind, but it might have been on the back of the ship.”
portside
  1. An area alongside a port.
portabilities
porterages
  1. plural of porterage
portsides
  1. plural of portside
portables
  1. plural of portable
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There were three portables at Ferriday and they all had two classrooms built into them.”
      “There was only one building, apart from several portables, redbrick and medium sized.”
      “But equally, as Anderson himself admitted during the earnings conference call, pros are increasingly choosing portables over desktops.”
porters
ports
  1. plural of port
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  3. Examples:
    1. “With ships arriving faster than dock workers can handle them, the ports can't keep ahead of the rising tide of Pacific Rim cargo.”
      “A software engineer measured traffic through the ports used by well-known peer-to-peer networks.”
      “The front panel features two USB 2 ports and a single FireWire connector behind a closable port door.”
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