port
/poɹt/ noun C2- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
- A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting. · Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.· The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
- A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
Plural ports
From the library
“Now,” said the count, “what will you take—a glass of sherry, port, or Alicante?”
Wickham was as far beyond them all in person, countenance, air, and walk, as _they_ were superior to the broad-faced stuffy uncle Philips, breathing port wine, who followed them into the room.
“As I was on my way here, a vessel was coming into port.”
IN PORT
Other matches
- port A place on the coast at which ships can shelter... B1
- port To turn or put to the left or larboard side of ... C2
- port To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter. C2
- port An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, es... C2
- port The portfolio of a model or artist or investor. C2
- port A suitcase or schoolbag. C2
- port A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dar... C2
- port Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a... C2
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