SEAPORT
Dictionary entry overview: What does seaport mean?
• SEAPORT (noun)
The noun SEAPORT has 1 sense:
1. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Familiarity information: SEAPORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SEAPORT (noun)
Meaning:
A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
harbor; harbour; seaport; haven
Hypernyms ("seaport" is a kind of...):
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Meronyms (parts of "seaport"):
dock; dockage; docking facility (landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out)
landing; landing place (structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods)
anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seaport"):
coaling station (a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal)
port of call (any port where a ship stops except its home port)
Instance hyponyms:
Caesarea (an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine)
Pearl Harbor (a harbor on Oahu west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941)
Boston Harbor (the seaport at Boston)
Holonyms ("seaport" is a part of...):
seafront (the waterfront of a seaside town)
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