Definition of Port of call

1. Noun. Any port where a ship stops except its home port.

Generic synonyms: Harbor, Harbour, Haven, Seaport

Definition of Port of call

1. Noun. (nautical) any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) A place visited. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Port Of Call

porridgy
porrigo
porrigos
porringer
porringers
port
port-o-john
port-o-johns
port-o-potty
port-wine stain
port arms
port cities
port city
port forwarding
port of call (current term)
port of entry
port watcher
port wine
port wines
porta
porta-potty
porta hepatis
portabella
portabellas
portabello
portabellos
portabilities
portability
portable

Literary usage of Port of call

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Compendium of the Law of Merchant Shipping: With an Appendix Containing by Frederic Philip Maude, Charles Edward Pollock, Gainsford Bruce (1881)
"It is sometimes provided that the orders shall be given within a specified time after the arrival of the ship at the port of call; but, in the absence of ..."

2. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Import Duty shall be payable as follows: on cargo from abroad for (a) a Treaty Port, at destination Treaty Port; (b) a Port of Call, at Port of entry from ..."

3. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Import Duty shall be payable as follows : on cargo from abroad for (a) a Treaty Port, at destination Treaty Port; (b) a Port of Call, ..."

4. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino, Herbert Eugene Bolton (1919)
"... which is that of El Tison, and by the land route to California, will be able to provide a port of call to the China ship,1*0 and trade with her, ..."

5. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"the purposes of business,— generally, to take in or unload Cargo, or to receive orders. It must mean that the vessel may stop at the Port of Call for a time ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Port of call on Dictionary.com!Search for Port of call on Thesaurus.com!Search for Port of call on Google!Search for Port of call on Wikipedia!

Search