Port Sense Ship Side Noun Major Spent Days

• fishing ports
• rotterdam is a major port.
• a naval port
• the ship spent four days in port.

port

1. a town or city with a harbour, especially one where ships load and unload goods
• fishing ports
• Rotterdam is a major port.
2. a place where ships load and unload goods or shelter from storms
• see also airport
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/airport
• a naval port
• The ship spent four days in port.
• They reached port at last.
• port of entry (= a place where people or goods can enter a country)
3. a strong sweet wine, usually dark red, that is made in Portugal. It is usually drunk at the end of a meal.
4. a glass of port
5. the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when you are facing forward
• compare starboard
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/starboard
• the port side
6. a place on a computer where you can attach another piece of equipment, often using a cable
• See related entries: Computer hardware
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/computer_hardware/port_1
• the modem port
7. if you are in great trouble, you take any help that is offered

Extra Examples

• Foreign visitors are fingerprinted at the port of entry.
• Our next port of call was Bermuda.
• She tried to steer the boat into port.
• The vessel reached port the next morning.
• My first port of call in town was the bank.
• The ship spent four days in port.
• There was a spontaneous welcome for anyone who put into port on the island.
• a fishing/naval/container/ferry port
• a port city/town
• a port of entry
• the German port of Kiel

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 2 Old English, from Latin portus ‘haven, harbour’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French. noun senses 3 to 4 shortened form of Oporto, a major port in Portugal from which the wine is shipped. noun sense 5 mid 16th cent.: probably originally the side containing an entry port or facing the port (quayside) for loading. noun sense 6 Old English (in the sense ‘gateway’), from Latin porta ‘gate’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French porte. The later sense ‘opening in the side of a ship’ led to the general sense ‘opening’.