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 Definitions of porthole  [ˈpɔrtˌhoʊl, ˈpoʊrt-]  

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Definition of 'porthole' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) porthole
a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light.

2.  porthole
an opening in a wall, door, etc., as one through which to shoot.

Etymology:  (1585–95)

Definition of 'porthole' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) porthole
a window in a ship or airplane

2. (noun) port, embrasure, porthole
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
Definition of 'porthole' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) porthole
an embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port
Translation of 'porthole' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a small, usually round, window in a ship.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: patryspoort Arabic flag Arabic: كُوَّةٌ جانِبِيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: страничен отвор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vigia Czech flag Czech: okénko German flag German: das Bullauge
Danish flag Danish: koøje Greek flag Greek: φινιστρίνι Spanish flag Spanish: portilla
Estonian flag Estonian: illuminaator Farsi flag Farsi: پنجره Finnish flag Finnish: ikkuna
French flag French: hublot Hebrew flag Hebrew: חַלוֹן בּאונִייָה Hindi flag Hindi: मूका
Croatian flag Croatian: okrugao prozorčić na boku Hungarian flag Hungarian: (kerek) hajóablak, kajüta Indonesian flag Indonesian: jendela kapal
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kÿrauga Italian flag Italian: oblò Japanese flag Japanese: 舷窓
Korean flag Korean: 현창(舷窓) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: liukas, iliuminatorius Latvian flag Latvian: iluminators; lūka
Malay flag Malay: tingkap magun Dutch flag Dutch: patrijspoort Norwegian flag Norwegian: ventil, kuøye
Polish flag Polish: iluminator Persian flag Persian: پنجره Pashto flag Pashto: پنجره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vigia Romanian flag Romanian: hublou Russian flag Russian: иллюминатор
Slovak flag Slovak: (guľaté) okienko (na lodi Slovenian flag Slovenian: lina Serbian flag Serbian: okrugli prozorčić
Swedish flag Swedish: hyttventil Thai flag Thai: ช่องบนกำแพงหรือประตูในเรื Turkish flag Turkish: lumbar, gemi penceresi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 舷窗 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бортовий ілюмінатор Urdu flag Urdu: جہاز کي گول کھڑکي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ô cửa sổ Chinese flag Chinese: 舷窗

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