harbor

IPA: hˈɑrbɝ

(countable) Any place of shelter.
(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
(countable, glassworking) A mixing box for materials.
(obsolete, countable) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
(obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
A surname, variant of Harbour.
A census-designated place in Curry County, Oregon, United States.

Examples of "harbor" in Sentences

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt.
The Ancient Islamic fort guarding the harbor is pockmarked from years of shelling.
The most outstanding thing you see in the harbor is a large number of abandoned fishing boats left to rot.
That they could come off as the safe harbor from a out of control legislators who don't listen to their constituents.
Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.
Whether he could sail the ship into the harbor is a totally different matter, and would probably require more Viagra and heart medication.
New York City, with the Statue of Liberty in its harbor, is a symbol of the very freedom and liberty upon which our great nation was founded.
The waters of the Chesapeake Bay, of which the harbor is an inlet, have enough exchange with the Atlantic that he can find a phage for almost any species of bacteria, he says.