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Portage

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Noun

1. portage

the cost of carrying or transporting

2. portage

overland track between navigable waterways

3. portage

carrying boats and supplies overland

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Portage

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noun
1. 
the act of carrying; transport
2. 
the cost of carrying or transporting
3. 
the act or process of transporting boats, supplies, etc, overland between navigable waterways
4. 
the route overland used for such transport
verb
5. 
to transport (boats, supplies, etc) overland between navigable waterways

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Portage

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noun
1. 
a. 
the act of carrying or transporting
b. 
the charge for this
2.  US
a. 
a carrying of boats and supplies overland from one lake or river to another, as during a canoe trip
b. 
any route over which this is done
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈportaged or ˈportaging
3.  US
to carry (a canoe, supplies, etc.) over a portage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Portage

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n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of carrying.
b. A charge for carrying.
2. Nautical
a. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
b. A track or route used for such carrying.
tr. & intr.v. port·aged, port·ag·ing, port·ag·es
Nautical
To transport or travel by portage: canoed and portaged the goods; portaging around the rapids.

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