point of entry

Questions about point of entry

What does point of entry mean?

point of entry means "a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise".

What is another word for point of entry?

Close synonyms include port of entry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is point of entry a common word?

point of entry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.