gosport

American  

[gos-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈgɒsˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

1. a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.

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Gosport British  

/ ˈɡɒsˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a town in S England, in Hampshire on Portsmouth harbour: naval base since the 16th century. Pop: 69 348 (2001)

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Etymology

Origin of gosport

First recorded in 1940–45; after Gosport, England

Example Sentences

Prosecutors said 46 bodies were kept in the uncooled mortuary at Elkin and Bell Funerals in Gosport, Hampshire, in 2022 and 2023.

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The Home Office said Campsfield was the first of several new detention facilities planned, including Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire, which closed in 2015.

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After hearing nothing from the Met, the family spoke to a police officer they knew in Hampshire, who encouraged them to also report it to their local station in Gosport.

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At the Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Hampshire, in August 2019, a colleague said she had overheard Dr Holmes telling the woman she needed the scan - but that the patient did not hear.

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Mr Dymond, 63, from Gosport, was found dead a week after being accused of lying by the presenter during filming for the former ITV talk show.

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