portage: Meaning and Definition of

por•tage

Pronunciation: (pôr'tij, pōr'-, or, for 2, 3, 5, 6, pôr-täzh'), [key]

— n., v., -taged, -tag•ing.

—n.

the act of carrying; carriage.
the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another.
the route over which this is done.
the cost of carriage.

—v.i.

to make a portage: On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile.

—v.t.

to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with: We portaged our canoe around the rapids.

Pronunciation: (pôr'tij, pōr'-), [key]

— n.

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