portage

Phonetic Respelling: [ pawr-tij, pohr-, or, for 2, 3, 5, 6, pawr-tahzh ]

Definition:

n. 1 carrying boats and supplies overland; 2 overland track between navigable waterways; 3 the cost of carrying or transporting

Sentence:

There was a long portage on our canoe trip through the Finger Lakes.

More example sentences:

There was a long portage on our canoe trip through the Finger Lakes.

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What does portage mean?

Hear it

Synonyms:

carriage; carrying boats overland; overland track

Antonyms:

floating

Portage rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • shortage