Port

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload. 1.2 a place along a coast in which ships may take refuge from storms; harbor. 1.3 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. 1.4 a geographical area that forms a harbor 1.5 Informal . an airport. 2 Synonyms 2.1 noun

Noun

a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.

a place along a coast in which ships may take refuge from storms; harbor.

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.

a geographical area that forms a harbor

the largest port on the eastern seaboard.

Informal . an airport.

Synonyms

noun

anchorage , boatyard , dockage , docks , dockyard , gate , harbor , harborage , haven , landing , piers , refuge , retreat , roads , roadstead , sanctuary , seaport , shelter , wharfnotes:harbor first meant \'shelter\' and \'lodging\' and that is how the word first entered english place-names , as a \'place of shelter; refuge\' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships , while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilitiesport , as in lefthand side , [[was probably originally the side of a boat turned toward the port for cargo loading; port is the lefthand side (when facing forward) and starboard is the righthand side of a shipstarboard is the righthand side and port is the lefthand side when facing forward on a ship or boat]] , address , air , demeanor , manner , mien , presence , style , bearing , carriage , city , deportment , destination , dock , embrasure , entrance , exit , larboard , mooring , opening , port-hole , portal , porthole , town , transport