Porthole

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  • noun. A small, usually circular window in a ship's side.
  • noun. An opening in a fortified wall; an embrasure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An aperture in a ship's side, especially one of the apertures through which the guns are protruded and fired.
  • noun. The opening to the steam-passages into or from a cylinder, or to the exhaust-passage. See port
  • noun. In zoology, one of the minute apertures or cinclides in the body-wall of a sea-anemone through which the gastric filaments or acontia are protruded.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d port.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A circular window set in the hull of a ship.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a window in a ship or airplane
  • noun. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
    • Word Usage
    "The porthole is the only thing that didn't get messed up."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    opening  window  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    committee-room  delicatessen  hatchway  index finger  manhole  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    air hole  armhole  bay  bay window  blowhole  
    variant
    port  
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