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# porthole

noun (portholes)

«porthole» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «porthole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porthole/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«porthole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/porthole.html) on Mova free.