Definition of portion

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• portion is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• portion is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• portion is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of portion

• an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal (noun)

  Examples

  1. his portion was larger than hers

  Synonyms

  1. helping
  2. serving
• assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. part
  2. percentage
  3. share
• something less than the whole of a human artifact (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. part
• the allotment of some amount by dividing something (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. parcel
  2. share
• money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. dower
  2. dowery
  3. dowry
• give out (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. allot
  2. assign
• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) (noun)

  Examples

  1. success that was her portion

  Synonyms

  1. circumstances
  2. destiny
  3. fate
  4. fortune
  5. lot
  6. luck
• something determined in relation to something that includes it (noun)

  Examples

  1. I read a portion of the manuscript

  Synonyms

  1. component
  2. component part
  3. constituent
  4. part

See definition of portion in Merriam Webster