Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porting

/pˈɔɹtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: port-ing
IPA: /pˈɔɹtɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of port

noun

An opening through or into which fluid or other material can flow.

Example Sentences

"[…] portings distributed radially about the housing bore. It then is necessary only to arrange six equally spaced portings at the outside diameter of the control sleeve which rotates within the housing, and to size these portings […]"
"[…] portings in said tracer valve to said cylinder inlet port in said servo valve unit for actuating said servo valve member from said set position to control fluid flow through said inlet and outlet portings in said servo valve unit […]"

Inflected Forms

portings (plural)

Rhymes With

supporting reporting sporting sorting transporting exporting importing resorting courting snorting distorting purporting

Questions

How do you pronounce porting?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɔɹtɪŋ/.
What does porting mean?: present participle and gerund of port

How to pronounce porting

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