A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. / A town or city containing such a place, a port city.

(now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate. / An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.

To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.

(obsolete) Having gates.

simple past tense and past participle of port

(after a qualification) University of Portsmouth, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

A commune of the Indre-et-Loire department, France / A comarca in the Valencian Community in Spain

A city in Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro, after which port wine is named / A surname.

(now historical) The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire.

(law) Abbreviation of Portugal.