portside

[ pawrt-sahyd, pohrt- ]

/ ˈpɔrtˌsaɪd, ˈpoʊrt- /

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adjective, adverb

on a waterfront or near a port.

Nautical. on the port side of a vessel.

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How to use portside in a sentence

The latest assessment of NASSCO showed the portside business’ cancer risk at 53 in one million.
San Diego Biz Will Have to Curb Cancer-Causing Pollution|MacKenzie Elmer|November 5, 2021|Voice of San Diego
They say by opening a new oceanbound shipping route, there will be fewer trucks rolling through portside neighborhoods that have been grappling with asthma-inducing air pollution for decades.
Morning Report: A Blue Highway That’s Also Green|Voice of San Diego|February 25, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Another air pollution threat lurks over the San Diego Bay’s industrial portside neighborhoods.
Environment Report: Advocates Want Zero-Emission Trucks in Portside Neighborhoods|MacKenzie Elmer|December 7, 2020|Voice of San Diego
In every round little window gleamed a face,—for a moment only along the portside.
West Wind Drift|George Barr McCutcheon

The note was addressed to one Captain Harris, at a tavern on the portside.
The Master of Ballantrae|Robert Louis Stevenson
Instead he ran the other way, through the portside door of the library.
Brigands of the Moon|Ray Cummings

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