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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
port
/pɔːt/
noun1 of 2
a town or an area of a town next to water where ships arrive and leave from
- “Owing to the storm, the ship could not leave port.”Tatoeba
- “We were sitting over a glass of port after dinner.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)