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porthouses

porthouses is the plural of porthouse.

Meaning of porthouse

Noun

porthouse (plural porthouses)

  1. A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space for customs, etc.
    • We had accomplished about three-quarters of[ the distance, and were beginning to look to the terminataon of our labors; Cape Traverse was full in sight, and even the porthouse, which was our goal, and we knew that we could now be seen by the lookout, who watched the course of the boat as soon as it...1867, The American Stamp Mercury: A Journal Devoted to Stamp Collecting
  2. The main cabin on the port side of a boat.
    • The starboard-house is a small galley and the porthouse contains the stairway leading below to the captain's cabin and mate's messroom.1936, United States Naval Institute, Proceedings - Volume 62, Issue 1, page 656

Questions about porthouses

What is porthouses the plural of?
Porthouses is the plural of porthouse.

Words near porthouses in the dictionary

  1. portholes
  2. portholing
  3. Portholland
  4. porthors
  5. porthouse
  6. porthouses
  7. Porths
  8. portia
  9. portia tree
  10. portias
  11. portici

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