poort

/ pʊət /

noun

1. (in South Africa) a steep narrow mountain pass, usually following a river or stream

Word History and Origins

Origin of poort¹

C19: from Afrikaans, from Dutch: gateway; see port ⁴

Example Sentences

“New rocket companies like Firefly, Virgin Orbit and SpaceX could not thrive when I was an engineer at Boeing, 15 years ago,” said Joris Poort, founder and chief executive of Rescale, a company that orchestrates high-performance computing in the cloud.

From Seattle Times

Jasper Poort, a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, UK, is helping to develop head-mounted camera systems that track a mouse’s head and eye movements; the idea is to help researchers to monitor what animals see when they are moving around freely, rather than with their heads fixed in place.

From Nature

Fellow Australian team mates Jarrod Poort and 2014 Commonwealth Games 200m freestyle gold medalist Thomas Fraser-Holmes were given one-year bans for the same offense.

From Reuters

Groves’ Rio team mates Jarrod Poort, a long-distance freestyle swimmer, and Commonwealth 200 freestyle champion Thomas Fraser-Holmes were both banned for 12 months earlier this year for breaches of the whereabouts rules.

From Reuters

Groves’ Rio team mates Jarrod Poort, a long-distance freestyle swimmer, and Commonwealth 200 freestyle champion Thomas Fraser-Holmes were both banned for 12 months earlier this year for breaches of the whereabouts rules.

From Reuters