- a sheltered port
- a place of refuge or safety
- (transitive) to give shelter to: to harbour a criminal
- (transitive) to maintain secretly: to harbour a grudge
- to shelter (a vessel) in a harbour or (of a vessel) to seek shelter
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 har•bor /ˈhɑrbɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
v. [~ + object]
har•bor
(här′bər),USA pronunciation n. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
v.t.
v.i.
har′bor•less, adj. har′bor•ous, adj.
har•bour
(här′bər),USA pronunciation n., v.t., v.i. [Chiefly Brit.]
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
harbour, US harbor /ˈhɑːbə/ n
'harbor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ambrose Channel
- Bar Harbor
- Benton Harbor
- Boston Tea Party
- Cold Harbor
- Corriedale
- Dartmouth
- Day of Infamy
- Dutch Harbor
- Fort McHenry
- Fort Moultrie
- Fort Sumter
- H, h
- Hawaii
- Hook of Holland
- Pearl Harbor
- Staten Island
- World War II
- air harbor
- anchor
- anchorage
- auberge
- bar
- belfry
- blockade
- breakwater
- bulkhead
- cherish
- clean
- clear
- coast pilot
- coastwise
- commodious
- entertain
- fairway
- furl
- harbinger
- harbor master
- harbor seal
- harborage
- harborside
- harbour
- harness
- hauberk
- haven
- hole
- house
- ice-free
- icebound
- ill will
Collocations: the [ship, boat, tanker] pulled into the harbor, harboring bad thoughts about, was docked in the harbor, more... Forum discussions with the word(s) "harbor" in the title: 'Gerad,' She said, 'is down seeing to harbor fortifications'
After Pearl Harbor, Japan had seized Hong Kong attacking the U.S Pacific Fleet at anchor Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. cleared the harbor close to where it flows into the harbor Cornish harbor down <by or at> the harbor front of a harbor. Where is it? God Is the Harbor of My Soul Harbor harbor Harbor Harbor +[a positive feeling]? harbor and entertain harbor dreams harbor some regret harbor strong convictions without evidence Harbor v. Port harboring resentment for/about/over [harbor] I harbor for good or bad "it's a waterfront restaurant" vs. "the restaurant is on the harbor" led to Pearl Harbor looks over the harbor mimic harbor Pearl Harbor, <a /the> US Navy base on place names in AE or BE? [ harbor > harbour ] put the fleet in harbor and that the U.K. would face a land-based air problem safe harbor Safe harbor in American English should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region. more... Look up "harbor" at Merriam-Webster Look up "harbor" at dictionary.com
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