seaport

noun

sea·​port ˈsē-ˌpȯrt 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

But establishing a corridor secure enough for a regular flow of cargo vessels from Ukraine’s seaports is risky, not least because the Black Sea has become an increasingly critical theater in the war. —Matthew Mpoke Bigg, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023

Within weeks, recruits were tasked with scouting Polish seaports, placing cameras along railways and hiding tracking devices in military cargo, according to Polish investigators. —Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023

Negotiations at the time included discussions about increasing Afghan trade through Iranian seaports. —Graeme Smith, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2023

Since Catherine the Great transformed Odesa into an international seaport in 1794, the city’s identity has as its foundations the sea, cosmopolitan tolerance and an innate sense of humor. —Hanna Arhirova and Lori Hinnant, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2023

Some were instructed to buy burner cellphones and cameras that would be passed via dead drops to other recruits who began crisscrossing Poland to file reports and photos from rail yards, airfields and seaports. —Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023

Ports are filled with diesel exhaust The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the nation’s largest seaport complex — are the primary gateways of trans-Pacific trade, accepting roughly 40% of the nation’s containerized imports. —Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023

But transport costs that way are much higher, some European countries have balked at the consequences for local grain prices, and the Danube ports can’t handle the same volume as seaports. —Hanna Arhirova and Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023

That event, the Tall Ships Challenge, was such a success that the Galveston Historical Society has decided to host it again, from April 13-16, at the historic Galveston seaport. —Brittanie Shey, Chron, 6 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1520, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

seaport

noun

sea·​port -ˌpō(ə)rt 

-ˌpȯ(ə)rt

: a port, harbor, or town within reach of seagoing ships