A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country.

Roget 448: appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration^†, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil [Fr.]; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en sc ne [Fr.]; rising of the curtain.    phantasm, phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) 443.    pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises [Sp.]; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph^†, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama^†, georama^†; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; pageantry etc. (ostentation) 882; insignia etc. (indication) 550.    aspect, angle, phase, phasis^†, seeming; shape etc. (form) 240; guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light.    lineament feature trait lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz.   , cast of countenance, profile, tournure^†, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy^†; outside etc. 220.    ... show more

Roget 666: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison etc. 752; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse^†; hiding place etc. (ambush) 530; sanctum sanctorum [Lat.] etc. (privacy) 893.    roadstead, anchorage; breakwater, mole, port, haven; harbor, harbor of refuge; seaport; pier, jetty, embankment, quay.    covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher [U.S.].    wall etc. (inclosure) 232; fort etc. (defense) 717.    anchor, kedge; grapnel, grappling iron; sheet anchor, killick^†; mainstay; support etc. 215; cheek etc. 706; ballast.    jury mast; vent-peg; safety valve, blow-off valve; safety lamp; lightning rod, lightning conductor; safety belt, airbag, seat belt; antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires.    means of escape etc. (escape) 671; lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket; parachute, plank, steppingstone; emergency landing.    safeguard etc. (protection) 664.    ... show more

Roget 264: motion, movement, move; going etc. v.; unrest.    stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; evolution; kinematics; telekinesis.    step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity; clip, progress, locomotion; journey etc. 266; voyage etc. 267; transit etc. 270.    restlessness etc. (changeableness) 149; mobility; movableness, motive power; laws of motion; mobilization.    ... show more

Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance^†, tabernacle, throne, ark.    home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall^†; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana^†; household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile; native soil, native land.    habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche.    nest, nidus, snuggery^†; arbor, bower, etc. 191; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry^†, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah^†.    bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation^†; barrack, casemate^†, casern^†.    tent etc. (covering) 223; building etc. (construction) 161; chamber etc. (receptacle) 191; xenodochium^†.    tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft^†.    cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy^†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen etc. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn^†; kennel, sty, doghold^†, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary^†, columbarium; shippen^†; igloo, iglu^†, jacal^†; lacustrine dwelling^†, lacuslake dwelling^†, lacuspile dwelling^†; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek^†.    house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple etc. 1000.    hamlet, village, thorp^†, dorp^†, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto.    street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda^†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews.    square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza.    anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor.    quarter, parish etc. (region) 181.    assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow^†, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop^†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen^†; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet^†, posada^†; almshouse^†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.].    garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance^†, demesne.    [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo.    ... show more

Roget 292: arrival, advent; landing; debarkation, disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d'honneur [Fr.].    home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder^†; resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey's end; anchorage etc. (refuge) 666.    return, remigration^†; meeting; rencounter^†, encounter.    completion etc. 729.    recursion [Comp.].    ... show more

Dutch: havenplaats, havenstad

Sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal.

synonym: port wine.

Dutch: porto
Polish: porto, portwajn, portwein

An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through.

synonyms: embrasure, porthole.

Dutch: schietgat, kajuitspoort
Polish: ambrazura

The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose.

synonym: larboard.

Roget 239: sinistrality^†; left, left hand, a gauche; sinister, nearside^†, larboard, port.   

Dutch: bakboord
Polish: bakburta, bakbort

computer science Computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals).

synonym: interface.

Dutch: interface, poort
Polish: sprzęg, złącze, interfejs

Put or turn on the left side, of a ship.

Roget 270: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace^†, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote [U.S.]; port, import, export.    send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft; shunt; transpose etc. (interchange) 148; displace etc. 185; throw etc. 284; drag etc. 285; mail, post.    shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.    ... show more

Bring to port.

Land at or reach a port.

Turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship.

Carry, bear, convey, or bring.

Carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons.

Drink port.

Modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform.

Located on the left side of a ship or aircraft.

synonym: larboard.