portage Synonyms
Another word for portage
• noun (Context 1)
The act or practice of carrying a boat or its cargo overland between two navigable bodies of water, or around an obstacle such as rapids or a waterfall.
"The exhausted paddlers prepared for a grueling two-mile carry around the roaring rapids."
• noun (Context 2)
A trail, path, or overland route across which boats and supplies are carried from one body of water to another.
"The historical map marked a narrow carry connecting the upper river to the glacial lake."
• verb (Context 3)
To carry a boat or its cargo overland between navigable waters or around an unnavigable obstruction.
"We had to carry our canoes across a rocky ridge to reach the next chain of lakes."
• noun (Context 4)
The labor of transporting goods or the fee charged for such carriage.
"The merchant guild calculated the total cost of carriage before shipping the timber inland."