PORT OF ENTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does port of entry mean? 

• PORT OF ENTRY (noun)
  The noun PORT OF ENTRY has 1 sense:

1. a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise

  Familiarity information: PORT OF ENTRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORT OF ENTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

point of entry; port of entry

Hypernyms ("port of entry" is a kind of...):

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Instance hyponyms:

New Orleans (a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year)

Seattle (a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Rainier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington)

Bellingham (a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border)

Aberdeen (a town in western Washington)

Laredo (a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande)

Brownsville (a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships)

Erie (a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania)

Portland (freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains)

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)

Saginaw (a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron)

Houghton (a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula)

Nogales (a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico)

Gary (a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production)

Columbus (a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center)

Brunswick (a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry)

Tampa (a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico)

Panama City (a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida)

Miami (a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro)

Jacksonville (Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida)

San Francisco (a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge)

San Diego (a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base)

City of the Angels; L.A.; Los Angeles (a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States)

 Context examples 

Telegraph Hill, of course, is your port of entry.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)