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pop • corn / ' papkorn / noun

[noncount]

yellow grains from a tall plant (called corn ) that are heated until they burst and become light white balls

pope / poup / noun [ count ] ( RELIGION ) the head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Benedict

Pop • si • cle™ / ' papsikl / noun [count]

a piece of sweet ice on a stick

pop .u .lar Ф / papyslsr / adjective

liked by a lot of people

Baseball is a popular sport in the U.S.

—ANTONYM unpopular

pop • u • lar • i • ty / ,papys ' lrersti / noun [noncount]

being liked by many people

pop • u • late / ' papysleit / verb ( pop • u lates , pop • u - lat ing , pop • u - lat • ed )

( GEOGRAPHY ) to fill a particular area with people Most of New England is heavily populated.

pop • u • la • tion / ,papys' leijn / noun [ count ] ( GEOGRAPHY ) the number of people who live in a place What is the population of your country?

porch / port/ / noun [ count ] ( plural porch .es )

a covered area with an open front, which is joined to a house on the ground floor

por • cu • pine

/ porkyspain / noun [ count ]

a small brown or black animal that is covered with long sharp parts (called spines )

pore / por / noun [ count ]

one of the small holes in your skin that sweat passes through

pork / pork / noun [ noncount ]

meat from a pig pork sausages Word building A young pig is called a piglet . Meat from a pig is called pork , bacon , or ham .

port Ф / port / noun [ count ] a city or town by the ocean, where ships arrive and leave Baltimore is an important port.

port • a • ble / ' portsbl / adjective

able to be moved or carried easily a portable television

—Look at the picture at stereo .

por • ter / ' portsr / noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to carry people's bags in places like railroad stations and hotels

port • fo • li • o / port ' fouliou / noun [ count ] ( plural port - fo - li - os )

a thin flat case for carrying documents, drawings, etc.

( ART ) a collection of photographs, drawings, etc. that you show to people as an example of your work

Please bring a portfolio of your work to the interview.

por • tionAWL / ' por/n / noun [ count ]

a part of something larger

He gave a portion of the money to each of his children.

an amount of food for one person a large portion of rice

por • trait / ' portrst / noun [ count ]

( ART ) a painting or picture of a person

por • tray / por' trei / verb ( por trays , por - tray ing , por - trayed )

to describe someone or something in a particular way The lawyer portrayed her client as an honest family man.

to act the part of someone in a play or movie In his latest movie, he portrays a baseball coach. ► por • tray • al / por' treisl / noun [ count ]

She won an award for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf.

pose 1 AWL / pouz / verb ( pos-es,pos ing ,posed )

to cause or create something that someone must deal with

This task poses several problems .

( ART ) to sit or stand in a particular position for a painting or photograph

After the wedding ceremony, we all posed for pictures.

pose2AWL / pouz / noun

[count]

( ART ) the position that someone stands or sits in, in order to be painted or photographed Just sit in a natural pose.

posh / paj / adjective ( posh•er,posh • est)

expensive and of good quality a posh restaurant

po .si .tion Ф / po'zij'n/ noun

[ count, noncount ] the place where someone or something is

Can you show me the position of your town on the map? Is everyone in position (= in the right place ) ?

[ count, noncount ] the way that someone or something is sitting, standing, facing, etc.

She was still sitting in the same position when I came back.

Keep the box in an upright position.