port

/pɔːt/ noun

Definition

SHIPS [C] › a town or an area of a town next to water where ships arrive and leave from: a fishing port the Belgian port of Zeebrugge

DRINK [U] › a sweet, strong, red wine which is made in Portugal

LEFT [U] › the left side of a ship or aircraft: the port side

(Definition of port noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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