"porthole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)t.həʊl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-porthole.wav [Southern-England] Forms: portholes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)thəʊl Etymology: Alteration of portal, as is from port + hole. Etymology templates: {{m|en|portal}} portal, {{compound|en|port|hole}} port + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} porthole (plural portholes)
  1. (archaic) A gunport; an opening in the hull of a ship through which cannon are fired. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-porthole-en-noun-MKMLmRDs Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48
  2. (nautical) A circular window set in the hull of a ship. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: bullseye [obsolete], scuttle Translations (circular window): ілюміна́тар (iljuminátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), люк (ljuk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), илюминатор (iljuminator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 舷窗 (xiánchuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), patrijs [feminine] (Dutch), patrijspoort [feminine] (Dutch), luko (Esperanto), hytti-ikkuna (Finnish), hublot [masculine] (French), Bullauge [neuter] (German), אֶשְׁקָף (eshkaf) [masculine] (Hebrew), kýrauga [neuter] (Icelandic), oblò (Italian), 舷窓 (gensō) (alt: げんそう) (Japanese), 현창 (hyeonchang) (Korean), bulaj [masculine] (Polish), иллюмина́тор (illjuminátor) [masculine] (Russian), uinneag bàta [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), tronera [feminine] (Spanish), ventanilla [feminine] (Spanish), ілюміна́тор (iljuminátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-porthole-en-noun-gtC-xbHs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 33 67 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'circular window': 0 100

Inflected forms

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