Portland
Definition
A major city in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon, situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, celebrated for its craft beer culture, food trucks, and reliably overcast skies.
A type of hydraulic cement made by heating limestone and clay to form clinker, then grinding it with gypsum; the backbone of modern construction since the 19th century.
A historic seaport city in southwestern Maine, USA, known for its lobster rolls and as the birthplace of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Examples
After one too many IPAs in Portland, he woke up convinced he was a lumberjack.
Portland's unofficial motto: keep it weird, or at least damp enough to justify the hoodies.
Builders swear by Portland cement because nothing says 'eternal structure' like a finely ground limestone tantrum.
She flew into Portland, Maine, for the lobster festival and left smelling like victory dipped in butter.