english
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noun
harbor:
Shanghai is a famous port.
noun
the left:
The ship turned to port.
Simple Definitions
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port
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + port
a busy port
• Hong Kong is one of the world’s busiest ports.
a major/important port
• The city became a major port.
a bustling port
(= very busy )
• Until the 1870s, Port Albert was a bustling port.
a fishing port
• The town is Iceland's biggest fishing port.
a container port
(= for ships carrying large containers )
• Hamburg is one of Europe's main container ports.
a ferry port
(= for boats carrying people or goods across a narrow area of water )
• Dover is an important ferry port.
verbs
be in port
• Many shops remain open on a Sunday, especially if cruise ships are in port.
come into port
• We stood on the quay and watched the ships come into port.
leave port
• Two fishing boats were preparing to leave port.
transnet.ir
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noun ADJ. bustling, busy | Channel, coastal, foreign, sea | cargo, coal, commercial, ferry, fishing VERB + PORT come into, reach The vessel reached port the next morning. | leave PORT + NOUN area | authority | facilities PREP. in ~ Bad weather kept the ship in port for three more days. | into ~ trying to steer the boat into port PHRASES a port of call Our next port of call was Piraeus.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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port
noun [ uncountable and countable ] a place where ships can be loaded and unloaded:
• a busy port • We’ll have two days ashore while the ship is in port. • The ferry was about to leave port.
harbour
British English , harbor American English noun [ countable ] an area of water next to the land which is protected by walls so the water is calm, and is a place where ships can stay when they are not sailing:
• They sailed into Portsmouth Harbour • Tourist boats leave the harbour at Riva regularly. • the harbour wall
dock
[ uncountable and countable ] a place in a port where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired:
• A crowd was waiting at the dock to greet them. • The ship was in dock for repairs.
pier
a structure that is built over and into the water so that boats can stop next to it or people can walk along it:
• The yacht was moored at a pier.
jetty
noun [ countable ] a wall or platform built out into the water, used for getting on and off boats:
• a wooden jetty • The house has a private jetty.
mooring
noun [ countable ] the place where a ship or boat is fastened to the land or to the bottom of the sea:
• Tugs towed the boat away from its mooring at White Bay.
marina
noun [ countable ] a harbour where people keep boats which are used for pleasure:
• They are building a new 220-berth marina. • The apartments have a private marina.
Longman-Thesaurus
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see ANY PORT IN A STORM.
American Heritage Idioms