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noun
a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.
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Origin of port of call

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby port of call

Port Nicholson, Pôrto, Pôrto Alegre, portobello, Portobelo, port of call, port of entry, Portofino, Port-of-Spain, portolano, Porto Novo
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Words related to port of call

harbor, home port, port, seaport

How to use port of call in a sentence

  • No old sailor breathes who does not desire to know the casual course of his ship and the next port-of-call.

    Michael, Brother of Jerry|Jack London

  • That was a new port to me, and it wasn't a port-of-call at all till the English took it.

    The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton

  • Despite her wealth Eloise was no different from the port-of-call girls.

    The Lani People|J. F. Bone

British Dictionary definitions for port of call

port of call
noun
any port where a ship stops, excluding its home port
any place visited on a traveller's itinerary
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