Definition of seaport
: a port, harbor, or town accessible to seagoing ships
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Examples of seaport in a Sentence
Boston is a major seaport in the northeastern U.S.
Recent Examples of seaport from the Web
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More than half is earmarked for power generation, but there is plenty left over for roads, seaports, airports, fibre-optic cables, cement factories, agro-industry and tourism.
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Puerto Rico is shopping private stakes in seaports, airports and other infrastructure, hoping to use private-public partnerships to help the troubled U.S. territory’s finances.
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Its largest division — the Office of Field Operations — admits people and goods at 328 airports, land crossings and seaports.
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Take a Blue Route water taxi to Canton — named for the China-trade seaport — and walk up to O'Donnell Square, with a church at each end, a statue of merchant John O'Donnell in the center and sidewalk spots to eat and drink.
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General Electric is in the process of moving from its longtime home in suburban Connecticut to a new campus along Boston’s seaport.
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The Florida law carves out room for local governments to control how ride-hailing companies operate at airports and seaports, leaving Miami-Dade some leverage after July 1.
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Ports exempted Airports and seaports are exempted from the ban, meaning cruise ship companies and airlines can continue to operate their routes to Cuba.
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The center also argues that heartland cities would benefit from better infrastructure, specifically north-south rail and highway routes designed to speed exports via seaports to growing markets in Africa, Asia and elsewhere.
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First Known Use of seaport
circa 1520
SEAPORT Defined for English Language Learners
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: a town or city with a harbor where ships stop to load and unload cargo
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: a port, harbor, or town within reach of seagoing ships
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