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portage
noun(por-tage)
the labor of carrying or transporting
portage
noun(por-tage)
the cost of carrying : porterage
portage
noun(por-tage)
the carrying of boats or goods overland from one body of water to another or around an obstacle (such as a rapids)
portage
verb(por-tage)
to carry over a portage
portage
verb(por-tage)
to move gear over a portage
portage
geographical name(por-tage)
city on Lake Michigan in northwestern Indiana east of Gary population 36,828
portage
geographical name(por-tage)
city in southwestern Michigan south of Kalamazoo population 46,292
portage
geographical name(por-tage)
historic site within an Ojibwa reservation facing Lake Superior in northeasternmost Minnesota

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