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half-port

half-port noun: one half of a two-part shutter used to close a porthole.

Noun

half-port (plural half-ports)

  1. one half of a two-part shutter used to close a porthole.
    • he heard the clanking of their capstan pawls — putting to sea with bands playing and guns grinning through yawning half-ports1939, Roland Barker, The Middle Passage

Forms of half-port

pluralhalf-ports

Questions about half-port

What does half-port mean?
Half-port means one half of a two-part shutter used to close a porthole.
What part of speech is half-port?
Half-port is a noun.
What is the plural of half-port?
The plural of half-port is half-ports.

Words near half-port in the dictionary

  1. half-pipes
  2. half-plane
  3. half-planes
  4. half-plate
  5. half-plates
  6. half-port
  7. half-ports
  8. half-pound
  9. half-pounder
  10. half-pounders
  11. half-price

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