Porthole
noun
A small window in a ship or an aircraft.
He looked out of the porthole to see the ocean waves.
Often appears as...
- open the porthole
- close the porthole
noun
A hole or opening you can look through, especially one in the body of a vehicle.
She peered through the porthole of the spacecraft, fascinated by the view of Earth.
Often appears as...
- peer through the porthole
- spacecraft porthole
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small window in a ship or an aircraft.
He looked out of the porthole to see the ocean waves.
Often appears as...
- open the porthole
- close the porthole
noun
A hole or opening you can look through, especially one in the body of a vehicle.
She peered through the porthole of the spacecraft, fascinated by the view of Earth.
Often appears as...
- peer through the porthole
- spacecraft porthole
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Terms
Porthole is commonly used in the realm of boats and ships. It's nautical vocabulary.
The captain instructed the crew to secure all portholes before the storm.
Pro Tip 2/3Circular Shape
Unlike typical windows, portholes are generally round.
The round portholes added a unique charm to the ship's design.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety and Function
Portholes can be opened for ventilation but are designed to be watertight.
When the weather became hot, she opened the porthole for a breeze.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Terms
Porthole is commonly used in the realm of boats and ships. It's nautical vocabulary.
The captain instructed the crew to secure all portholes before the storm.
Pro Tip 2/3Circular Shape
Unlike typical windows, portholes are generally round.
The round portholes added a unique charm to the ship's design.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety and Function
Portholes can be opened for ventilation but are designed to be watertight.
When the weather became hot, she opened the porthole for a breeze.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Terms
Porthole is commonly used in the realm of boats and ships. It's nautical vocabulary.
The captain instructed the crew to secure all portholes before the storm.
Pro Tip 2/3Circular Shape
Unlike typical windows, portholes are generally round.
The round portholes added a unique charm to the ship's design.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety and Function
Portholes can be opened for ventilation but are designed to be watertight.
When the weather became hot, she opened the porthole for a breeze.
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Why do cats have...
They’re the portholes through which light enters the eye, where it then strikes the retina and activates light-sensitive cells, setting the process of vision in motion. Pupils are black because most of the light that enters them is absorbed.
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The New Era of Discovery...
that time to take pictures there so what Beebe did is he called on a telephone line up to the surface to artist bosserman on the surface and as he peered out of the portholes in the deep she was up there drawing and painting these
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Why the universe seems...
is that it's preposterously wasteful. It postulates a vast and rapidly growing number of universes existing in parallel, mutually undetectable, except through the narrow porthole of quantum mechanical experiments.
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Why do cats have...
They’re the portholes through which light enters the eye, where it then strikes the retina and activates light-sensitive cells, setting the process of vision in motion. Pupils are black because most of the light that enters them is absorbed.
Video examples
The New Era of Discovery...
that time to take pictures there so what Beebe did is he called on a telephone line up to the surface to artist bosserman on the surface and as he peered out of the portholes in the deep she was up there drawing and painting these
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
is that it's preposterously wasteful. It postulates a vast and rapidly growing number of universes existing in parallel, mutually undetectable, except through the narrow porthole of quantum mechanical experiments.
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