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seaport Definition

sea·port (-pôrt′)

noun

  1. a port or harbor used by ocean ships
  2. a town or city having such a port or harbor

seaport Synonyms

seaport

n.

port, haven, town; see dock 1, harbor 2.

seaport Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bustle: Falmouth is a bustling Seaport with plenty of restaurants, shops, Art theater, Castle and the National Maritime Museum.
  • become: His readings also state that Houston will also become a Major seaport.
  • have: Ancient Edom also had a major seaport near Aqaba for trade along the Red Sea.

Preposition: on

  • coast: Fowey 2 Small seaport on southern coast of Cornwall.

Adjective modifier

  • thriving: Castle Rising was once a thriving seaport, and pictures from the 18th century show that the Castle was still accessible by sea.
  • busy: Valencia Just inland from Spain's most busy seaport are the fruit groves of Valencia.
  • major: Located along the River Lee along the South Coast of Ireland Cork is a major Irish Seaport.
  • ancient: Stop off at Blue Anchor Bay for a swim or at the ancient seaport of Watchet to hunt for fossils.
  • active: Time or anything there's marsh inc's active seaport of fremantle where such accidents.
  • important: Bristol has been an important English seaport for more than a thousand years.

Modifies a noun

  • town: Cowes Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton.
  • city: The new campus, in the seaport city of Ningbo, will open in September this year.
  • security: Last year, Congress approved seaport security legislation that in my view does not go far enough; our ports remain vulnerable.
  • transfer: British Airport Cars Airport and seaport transfers from any UK port.

Noun used with modifier

  • texas: Next to the texas seaport they gave me through a broken.
  • century: A superb reconstruction of an 18th century seaport which is also home to the oldest warship afloat in the UK.

Possessives

  • country: That means easy access to all the country's main seaports and to the Channel Tunnel.

Preposition: of

  • fremantle: Time or anything there's marsh inc's active seaport of fremantle where such accidents.
  • importance: From an early date Bristol has been a seaport of great importance, its position being very favorable to commerce.

Preposition: for

  • export: The area was developed as a seaport for the export of Durham coal.