harbour
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bər
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harbour or harbor (ˈhɑːbə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sheltered port |
| 2. | a place of refuge or safety |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to give shelter to: to harbour a criminal |
| 4. | (tr) to maintain secretly: to harbour a grudge |
| 5. | to shelter (a vessel) in a harbour or (of a vessel) to seek shelter |
| [Old English herebeorg, from here troop, army + beorg shelter; related to Old High German heriberga hostelry, Old Norse herbergi] | |
| harbor or harbor | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [Old English herebeorg, from here troop, army + beorg shelter; related to Old High German heriberga hostelry, Old Norse herbergi] | |
| 'harbourer or harbor | |
| —n | |
| 'harborer or harbor | |
| —n | |
| 'harbourless or harbor | |
| —adj | |
| 'harborless or harbor | |
| —adj | |
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Harbour
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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harbour
any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of cargo and passengers
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Example sentences
Yet it also carved an inland harbour, allowing the survivors to build a prosperous market.
Finally the sheet lightning rocking the harbour in long slow breaths while salvos of thunder cracked over the dancing roof-tops.
So was the solution: the installation of filters on the harbour's silos.
The crushed rock falls onto a conveyor belt, which carries it to ships queuing up in the nearby harbour.
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