Meaning

2 senses
  1. A circular window set in the hull of a ship.

    Bullauge

    иллюмина́торilljuminátor

    ілюміна́торiljuminátor

    a window in a ship or airplane

  2. (dated)A gunport; an opening in the hull of a ship through which cannons are fired.

    an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

Examples

6 sentences
  1. A shark swam past the porthole.

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  2. Why not look out the porthole?

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  3. They saw the waves through the porthole.

    ruОни видели волны через иллюминатор. — marafon

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  4. When it began to rain, I paused and looked through the porthole.

    deAls es zu regnen begann, hielt ich inne und blickte durch das Bullauge. — Jens_Odo

  5. Tom looked out the porthole.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
circular window:
Русский
By meaning 1
circular window:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
circular window:

Origin

From port + hole.

From port + hole.

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Forms

plural: portholes
Singularporthole
Pluralportholes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through:portembrasure

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
porthole — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto