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# porthole

«porthole» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small round window in the side of a ship or boat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (portholes)

### meaning for a pupil

A porthole is a small round window in the side of a ship or boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porthole/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

at sea, sailors and passengers look out through the porthole at the waves

### examples

- She peered out of the porthole at the grey sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porthole/#x1)
- The grimy porthole was hard to see through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porthole/#x2)
- A seagull sat on the rail beside the porthole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porthole/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «porthole» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porthole/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.