Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

port of call

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: port of -call
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.

noun

A place visited.

Example Sentences

"Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners."
"My first port of call was the home of an old friend of my mother's, an American woman who'd married a French man."

Inflected Forms

ports of call (plural)

Phrases

first port of call

Questions

What does port of call mean?: Any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.

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