port of entry

Noun
Synonyms: port of entrypoint of entry

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandiseSynonyms: port of entrypoint of entry
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Port \Port\, n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See Farm, v., Ford, and 1st, 3d, & 4h Port.]

1.A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively. [1913 Webster]

Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
We are in port if we have Thee.— Keble.[1913 Webster]

2.In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages. [1913 Webster]

Free port. See under Free.

Port bar. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See Boom, 4, also Bar, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port.

Port charges (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor.

Port of entry, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise.

Port toll (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port.

Port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master. [1913 Webster]

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