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port of call

port of call noun: any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.

Noun

port of call (plural ports of call)

  1. Any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.
    • Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308
  2. (figuratively) A place visited.
    • My first port of call was the home of an old friend of my mother's, an American woman who'd married a French man.2002, Phil Cousineau, Robert A Johnson, Coincidence Or Destiny?: Stories of Synchronicity That Illuminate Our Lives

port of call meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

port of call in Tamil

கலம்தொடு துறை

port of call in Indonesian

any port being visited by a ship
pelabuhan persinggahan

Forms of port of call

pluralports of call

Words formed from port of call

Questions about port of call

What does port of call mean?
Port of call means any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.
What is port of call in Tamil?
Port of call in Tamil is கலம்தொடு துறை. See Port of call meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is port of call?
Port of call is a noun.
What is the plural of port of call?
The plural of port of call is ports of call.

Words near port of call in the dictionary

  1. Port Mellon
  2. Port Moody
  3. Port Moresby
  4. Port Mulgrave
  5. Port Nolloth
  6. port of call
  7. port of entry
  8. Port of Menteith
  9. port of registry
  10. Port of Spain
  11. Port Orange

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