port of entry

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspoint of entry

   Broaderport

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Questions about port of entry

What does port of entry mean?

port 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 port of entry?

Close synonyms include point 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 port of entry a common word?

port 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.