porthole

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Synonyms for porthole

a window in a ship or airplane

an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

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He clung to the frame of the porthole as the airship tossed and swayed, and stared down through the light rain that now drove before the wind, into the twilight streets, watching people running out of the houses, watching buildings collapse and fires begin.
For Bert Smallways all this was framed in the frame of the open porthole. It was a pale, dim world outside that dark and tangible rim.
Out through the open porthole, in a steady stream, Daughtry was passing the contents of the room.
Captain Hodgson opens the great colloid underbody porthole through which I watch over-lighted London slide eastward as the gale gets hold of us.
The residents, however, expressed dismay over poor quality project executed by Crain Builders, adding that the road was already developing portholes after just two years of completion.
* 10 squares 7 1/2" x 7 1/2," fussy-cut centered on portholes
In the middle of the mosaic is a plaque celebrating the Merchant Navy and Merchant Marine, surrounded by three large "portholes", each with a ship representing a city.
It has portholes like a ship and Daniel looks in, as he did once before.
Hundreds of man-hours have gone into transforming the outside of the pub to look like a ship, complete with funnels, life rafts, illuminated portholes and a bow.
The vehicle will offer the signature Buick waterfall grille and headlights inspired by the Regal, and hood-mounted portholes.
In addition to the bread beads, projects include making rainsticks, seashell creatures and portholes. The rainsticks are made from cardboard mailing tubes, painted silver with splotches of color.
His acting and timing is spot on, and the George Formby lookalike has several good musical spots, including, appropriately, When I'm Cleaning Portholes.
But he ran aground in August when publisher Hachette missed issue 77 which contains the portholes.