Portage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of carrying.
  • n. A charge for carrying.
  • n. Nautical The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
  • n. Nautical A track or route used for such carrying.
  • v. Nautical To transport or travel by portage: canoed and portaged the goods; portaging around the rapids.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways
  • n. The route used for such carrying
  • n. A charge made for carrying something
  • v. To carry a boat overland
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sailor's wages when in port.
  • n. The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
  • n. A porthole.
  • n. The act of carrying or transporting.
  • n. The price of carriage; porterage.
  • n. Capacity for carrying; tonnage.
  • n. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
  • v. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of carrying; carriage; transportation.
  • n. That which is carried or transported; cargo; freight; baggage.
  • n. Tonnage; burden of a vessel.
  • n. The price paid for carriage; freight-charges.
  • n. A break in a chain of water-communication over which goods, boats, etc., have to be carried, as from one lake, river, or canal to another, or along the banks of rivers round waterfalls, rapids, or the like; a carry.
  • n. An opening; a port or port-hole.
  • To carry; pack, as a boat around a portage.
  • To carry; proceed by carrying (a boat or load); make a portage.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. overland track between navigable waterways
  • n. the cost of carrying or transporting
  • n. carrying boats and supplies overland
    • Verb Form
    portaged    portages    portaging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    track    cart track    cartroad    cost    carry   
    Variant
    carry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    porthole    porterage    tonnage    transportation    carry   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    reportage    shortage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Columbus    hike    comme    maint    outcropping   
     
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