Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Nautical A small, usually circular window in a ship's side.
- n. An opening in a fortified wall; an embrasure.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An aperture in a ship's side, especially one of the apertures through which the guns are protruded and fired.
- n. The opening to the steam-passages into or from a cylinder, or to the exhaust-passage. See port
- n. In zoology, one of the minute apertures or cinclides in the body-wall of a sea-anemone through which the gastric filaments or acontia are protruded.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Naut.) An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d port.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a window in a ship or airplane
- n. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
Examples
“The porthole is the only thing that didn't get messed up.”
“An 80-year-old man on a flight from the Philippine capital of Manila to the island of Cebu attempted to break a porthole window during the flight with his cane and leave the aircraft,”
“The round thing behind the porthole is a carry point for a life preserver.”
“The certificate of authenticity features a "porthole;" running across it is a metallic thread that reads "OUR PASSION" and "MICROSOFT" in red.”
“Here for instance is a high quality skiing glove with a "porthole" for your watch.”
“Keeping in mind the timekeeping needs of the ski-buff, Aspen has made a special high quality skiing glove with a "porthole" for a watch.”
“Players can also build custom pirate-themed houses with the new objects that are included in Barnacle Bay, such as porthole doors and windows, wharf and stone fences, and more!”
“A cellular "porthole" known best for its role in the digestive system apparently has a major role in ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘porthole’.
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Out
Words that connote making an exit, places to exit, means to an exit.
exit, way out, exeunt, outfall, opening, débouché, outlet, egress, vent, porthole, loophole, port and 49 more...
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NeoVolt's Words
schadenfreude, serendipity, idiosyncrasy, loess, caducous, vagary, schematic, steeple, licentious, tangential, verisimilitude, vernacular and 385 more...
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Holes
judas, judas-hole, hole, creephole, pinhole, spy-eye, blowhole, breathing-hole, spiracle, touchhole, mouth, cakehole and 166 more...
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good words
words that are mostly fun to say or just lovely
undulate, voluptuous, whimsy, parse, dank, cerulean, peen, traipsing, listless, coup de grace, reconnoiter, mercurial and 499 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
pellucid, pertain, pampas, prate, pinecone, philistine, pantocrator, papaverine, postmeridian, potlatch, pharology, pinniped and 622 more...
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Prosie: The Launch of the Mauretania ...
by John Maxtone-Graham. Tons of interesting-sounding words, half of which I cannot comprehend on their own, but which together conjure an unmistakable image of naval architecture and shipyard activ...
keel, hull, admiralty, moulding loft, frame-bender, berth, stern, shell plating, tons, mill, fitted, rivet marks and 132 more...
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