Definitions for outports

• Definition
• Anagrams (214)

outports out·port

Spelling: [out-pawrt, -pohrt]

IPA: /ˈaʊtˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt/

Outports is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 214 anagrams from letters in outports (ooprsttu).

Definitions for outports

noun

1. a secondary seaport close to a larger one but beyond its corporate limits or jurisdiction.
2. Canadian. an isolated fishing village, especially on the Newfoundland coast.

Origin of outports

First recorded in 1635-45; out- + port¹

Examples for outports

Nieuport, the outport of Ypres, is the last of the towns in this region to which I shall call your attention.

But this did not interfere with his friendship with Billy Topsail, the outport boy.

It was a good partnership—this friendship between the Colonial knight's son and heir and the outport fisherman's lad.

A great American city is almost invariably placed at a point where an important railroad finds an outport on a lake or river.