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
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Along with Vancouver and Hoonah ports of call, the trip includes a day sailing the Rhode Island-size Hubbard Glacier before warming up with a hot toddy in the Journeys Lounge on the luxury ship.
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AFAR Media, 30 July 2025
With more than 350 cruise ships sailing the world’s waterways, not to mention hundreds of global ports of call and ship sizes ranging from smaller yachts to cities at sea, there is a lot to consider.
—Staff Author, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2025
Those shopping the beauty aisle should make the Prime Day K-beauty deals their first port of call.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 July 2025
Amid replacing now Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti with Xabi Alonso in the dugout, Perez’s first port of call was triggering Dean Huijsen’s $68 million (£50 million) release clause at Premier League club Bournemouth.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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AFAR Media, 30 July 2025
With more than 350 cruise ships sailing the world’s waterways, not to mention hundreds of global ports of call and ship sizes ranging from smaller yachts to cities at sea, there is a lot to consider.
—Staff Author, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2025
Those shopping the beauty aisle should make the Prime Day K-beauty deals their first port of call.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 July 2025
Amid replacing now Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti with Xabi Alonso in the dugout, Perez’s first port of call was triggering Dean Huijsen’s $68 million (£50 million) release clause at Premier League club Bournemouth.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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