How to spell port

Port is spelled P-O-R-T.

hear itport/poʊrt/nounLong vowels

What it means: A place where ships dock.

In a sentence: The pirate ship sailed into the busy port.

Same family: ports, porting, serial-port, USB-port. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “port” comes from Latin and French roots meaning “harbor” or “gate.” In computing, the term was borrowed to describe a “gateway” where data and devices can enter or leave a computer.

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