: 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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These searches can be conducted as part of routine inspections at airports, land crossings and seaports.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Thousands of Shahed drones have pummeled the Persian Gulf this month, hitting hotels, airports, seaports, desalination plants, and energy infrastructure, and deepening the worst oil-price shock in modern history.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite that, the armed groups have continued to wreak havoc, collecting millions of dollars in extortion fees from toll roads and their control of strategic corridors leading to the country’s seaports and land border with the neighboring Dominican Republic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Women all around the seaport were getting contracts to stitch flags, and Ross surely wanted in.
—Marla Miller, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Thousands of Shahed drones have pummeled the Persian Gulf this month, hitting hotels, airports, seaports, desalination plants, and energy infrastructure, and deepening the worst oil-price shock in modern history.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite that, the armed groups have continued to wreak havoc, collecting millions of dollars in extortion fees from toll roads and their control of strategic corridors leading to the country’s seaports and land border with the neighboring Dominican Republic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Women all around the seaport were getting contracts to stitch flags, and Ross surely wanted in.
—Marla Miller, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
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 6 Apr. 2026.
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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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