Usually means: Connection point for data transfer.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. Port, port: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. port, port, port, port, port, port: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Port, port, port, port, port, port: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Port, port: Collins English Dictionary
  5. port: Vocabulary.com
  6. Port, port, port, port: Wordnik
  7. port: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. PORT, Port, port: Wiktionary
  9. port: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. port: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. port: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. port, port: Dictionary.com
  13. port (1), port (2), port (3), port (4): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. port: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Port (circuit theory), Port (computer networking), Port (computing), Port (disambiguation), Port (film), Port (gaming), Port (medical), Port (nautical), Port (network), Port (ship), Port (software), Port (surname), Port (video game), Port (video gaming), Port (wine), Port, The Port: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Port: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. port: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. port: Rhymezone
  19. port, port (de), port (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. port: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. port: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. port: Free Dictionary
  23. port: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Port, port: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. port: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  2. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. port-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Port: eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  6. port: Legal dictionary
  7. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. port: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. port: Netlingo
  3. Port, port: CCI Computer
  4. Port: Game Dictionary
  5. Port: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. Port: ILC Internet Terms
  7. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  8. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  9. Webopedia (No longer online)
  10. port: Hacking Lexicon
  11. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  12. Technopedia (No longer online)
  13. Port (computer software), Port (software), port: Encyclopedia
  14. Computer Glossart and Terminologies (No longer online)

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. port: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  4. Port: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  5. port: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. port: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Port: Bar-Nones Dictionary of Drinking
  2. PORT: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. port: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PORT: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. port: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The port, port: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Port: Sports Definitions

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. port: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Happy Hour Spirit & Liqueur Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. PORT: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  6. Port: Data Acquisition
  7. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  8. Port: Dictionary of Military Architecture
  9. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  10. Port: Web Hosting Glossary

(Note: See ported as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (PORT)

noun:  A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
noun:  A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
noun:  (nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
noun:  (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
adjective:  (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
verb:  (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
noun:  (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
noun:  An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
noun:  (medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
noun:  (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
noun:  An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
noun:  (computing):
noun:  A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
noun:  A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
noun:  (also networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
verb:  To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
verb:  (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
verb:  (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform.
verb:  (telephony, transitive) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another.
verb:  (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
noun:  Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
noun:  (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
noun:  (military) 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.
noun:  (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
noun:  (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
noun:  A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
noun:  (Queensland) A suitcase or schoolbag.
noun:  (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (after a qualification) University of Portsmouth, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
noun:  Archaic form of Porto (A city in Portugal) [A city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal]
noun:  (Australia, informal) Short for Port Macquarie. [A city in New South Wales, Australia.]
noun:  (law enforcement in Australia) Abbreviation of Public Order Response Team.

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