OUTPORT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("outport" is a kind of...):

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)