| NOUN | location | seaport, haven, harbor, harbour | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo |
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| Sounds | siy'pao.rt | |
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| Rhymes | abort ... wart: 48 rhymes with aort... | |
| Meaning | A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo. | |
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| Synonyms | haven, harbor, harbour | |
| Instances | Boston Harbor | The seaport at Boston |
| Caesarea | An ancient seaport in northwestern Israel | |
| Pearl Harbor | A harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu | |
| Part of | seafront | The waterfront of a seaside town |
| Parts | anchorage, anchorage ground | place for vessels to anchor |
| dock, dockage, docking facility | landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired | |
| landing, landing place | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods | |
| Narrower | coaling station | A seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal |
| port of call | Any port where a ship stops except its home port | |
| Broader | port | A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country |
| Spanish | puerto | |
| Catalan | port | |
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