port of entry

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

point of entry front door gateway drug entry point front gate entrance wound entry port alighting point entrance gate entry door entrance points entrance point inlet port input point entry gate

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Antonyms

last conclusion exit rejection refusal dismissal

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Hypernyms

port

Examples

All persons on yachts and other pleasure craft will be able to make arrangements for their required rapid tests at the port of entry or via the relevant website. Source: Internet

Every hour, it seemed, another Border Patrol van pulled up at the port of entry to expel more migrants. Source: Internet

A U.S law of 1825 required that all goods salvaged from wrecks in U.S. waters be taken to an American port of entry (which, for the Bahamians, meant Key West, Florida ). Source: Internet

Agents arrested a man allegedly trying to smuggle 7,000 rounds of ammunition into Mexico at the port of entry in Nogales. Source: Internet

At the Beat Hotel Burroughs discovered "a port of entry" into Gysin's canvases: "I don't think I had ever seen painting until I saw the painting of Brion Gysin." Source: Internet

Since asylum claims are evaluated either at a legal port of entry or processed after an individual has illegally entered the U.S., it’s important to weed out the valid from the frivolous. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Port of Berdyansk Port of Bridgetown port of call Port of Galveston port of registry Port of Spain