starboard vs port

Definitions

verb

1. turn to the right, of helms or rudders

noun

1. the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

adjective

1. located on the right side of a ship or aircraft

Examples

He said: ‘The starboard sponson had lifted a foot out of the water and the craft was rolling heavily.’

Reaching the shrouds hanging from Kaliakra's starboard side, he began his ascent.

I was helplessly trapped in the cockpit with the aircraft lying on its starboard side.

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Definitions

verb

1. turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
2. carry, bear, convey, or bring
3. drink port
4. carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
5. bring to port

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noun

1. the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
2. (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
3. a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
4. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
5. sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

adjective

1. located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

Examples

The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war.

Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.

Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.

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