Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 24 compound words that contain porter. The most common are listed below. Open porter in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- Porter CountyOne of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Valparaiso.
- Porter RanchA neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States.
- ticket porterAlternative form of ticket-porter.
- tackle-porterA porter employed by a tacklehouse who loads and unloads ships.
- prêt-à-porterReady-to-wear.
- groom-porterAn officer in the English royal household who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.
- hall porterA hotel worker who carries luggage to the rooms of guests.
- light porterA worker whose duties involve carrying light (i.e., not heavy) packages, as in a bank.
- rope porterA pulley to save the ropes of steam ploughs from friction.
- Porter-Duff compositingA technique for image compositing using an alpha channel.
Compound words 24
- sportAny activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- porterageThe carrying or transportation of goods by a porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person.
- porterhouseA cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin; it has a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin; a porterhouse steak.
- PorterfieldA Scottish surname.
- porterlyCharacteristic of a porter.
- uniporterAn integral membrane protein that transports a single molecule
- porterlessWithout a porter.
- porterlikeResembling or characteristic of a porter (person employed to carry things).
- portershipThe office or duty of a porter
- underporterA subordinate porter.