Porthole

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A small, usually circular window in a ship's side.
  • n. An opening in a fortified wall; an embrasure.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A circular window set in the hull of a ship.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d port.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An aperture in a ship's side, especially one of the apertures through which the guns are protruded and fired.
  • n. The opening to the steam-passages into or from a cylinder, or to the exhaust-passage. See port
  • n. In zoology, one of the minute apertures or cinclides in the body-wall of a sea-anemone through which the gastric filaments or acontia are protruded.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a window in a ship or airplane
  • n. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    window    opening   
    Variant
    port   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scuttle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hatchway    skylight    viewport    plaz    manhole   
     
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