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portage

noun as in transportation

verb as in tote

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Example Sentences

Right then we switched to rock portage and charged back down the beach to get the IBS into the water.

It would have been less labor to have tied the beasts, put them into the boat, and hauled it across the portage.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon when they commenced their preparations for making this extraordinary portage.

Making up their bundles as usual, they commenced a struggle with the intricacies and obstacles of the portage.

The place of transit from one river to the other was known for years as the Portage.

The portage was a long mile but the girls were accustomed to hiking and took it at a brisk pace.

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On this page you'll find 147 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to portage, such as: consignment, distribution, shipment, transmission, carting, and commitment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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