: a port, harbor, or town accessible to seagoing ships
Examples of seaport in a Sentence
Boston is a major seaport in the northeastern U.S.
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Lynch predicted last October that automobile volumes in Brunswick by 2026 would surpass the Port of Baltimore, the No. 1 U.S. seaport for autos for more than a decade.
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Russ Bynum, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
Shop and eat your way along Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach, the 50-block Victorian seaport village dotted with local eateries and eclectic shops.
—Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 4 July 2024
In Athens, participants were tasked with keeping a baton of reeds aflame while racing in relay teams from a seaport to the Acropolis.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024
In fact, a tiny queen conch population has been thriving for years near the busy Port Everglades seaport in Fort Lauderdale.
—Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
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Russ Bynum, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
Shop and eat your way along Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach, the 50-block Victorian seaport village dotted with local eateries and eclectic shops.
—Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 4 July 2024
In Athens, participants were tasked with keeping a baton of reeds aflame while racing in relay teams from a seaport to the Acropolis.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024
In fact, a tiny queen conch population has been thriving for years near the busy Port Everglades seaport in Fort Lauderdale.
—Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaport. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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seaport
noun
sea·port
-ˌpō(ə)rt 
-ˌpȯ(ə)rt
: a port, harbor, or town within reach of seagoing ships
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