: a port, harbor, or town accessible to seagoing ships
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Boston is a major seaport in the northeastern U.S.
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Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where many Mediterranean cultures mingled.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Amid a crackdown by customs and anti-drug trafficking police at the Cap-Haïtien seaport, protests broke out and Haiti’s customs office temporarily halted operations there.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Maersk is throwing substantial capital into India’s seaports and shipbuilding industry as the country hits the gas on its maritime expansion plans.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as obvious locations like airports, the retailer will also run duty-free stores at land border crossings and seaports to capture as much travel retail shopping spending as possible.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Amid a crackdown by customs and anti-drug trafficking police at the Cap-Haïtien seaport, protests broke out and Haiti’s customs office temporarily halted operations there.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Maersk is throwing substantial capital into India’s seaports and shipbuilding industry as the country hits the gas on its maritime expansion plans.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as obvious locations like airports, the retailer will also run duty-free stores at land border crossings and seaports to capture as much travel retail shopping spending as possible.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seaport
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaport. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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seaport
noun
sea·port
-ˌpō(ə)rt 
-ˌpȯ(ə)rt
: a port, harbor, or town within reach of seagoing ships
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