Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A port where ships dock in the course of voyages to load or unload cargo, obtain supplies, or undergo repairs.
Wiktionary
- n. nautical any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies
- n. figuratively A place visited.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any port where a ship stops except its home port
Examples
“As much refreshed by this incident as she would have been by a good strong cup of tea, she made her way to the gardener’s cottage, her last port of call before going up to Nunspardon.”
“From Banda we sail eastward, toward the Kei archipelago, which was Wallace’s last port of call before Aru.”
“Seamen of the highway, sailing narrow concrete seas, always impatient to make the next port of call and then as equally impatient to leave it.”
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Words and phrases from Scott Lynch's book, The Lies of Locke Lamora
constable, windfall, sternum, commensurate, disinter, grotty, thresher shark, savvy, miser, reticent, magnanimous, trowel and 301 more...
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TT2 Lesson 22
scene, Bahamas, calm, still, stand stiill, star, shine, amazingly, taste, a taste of, port of call, unforgettable and 49 more...
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