port of call

noun phrase

1
: an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo
2
: a stop included on an itinerary

Examples of port of call in a Sentence

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Those sailing aboard The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s 226-suite Luminara yacht can count Singapore as a spectacular port of call. AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025 The DisneylandForward theme park expansion plan could add a port of call with a pirate’s pub somewhere on the 500-acre Disneyland resort over the next several decades. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025 Itineraries ranging from two to nine days hit some busy ports of call, but in between departure and arrival, there are some simply blissful stops. Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 This guy comes for a holiday and has 23 cars and a bike squad traipsing around, and the same again at his next port of call. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for port of call

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of port of call was in 1838

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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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