harbor
IPA: hˈɑrbɝ
noun
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
- (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
- (transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
- (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
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Examples of "harbor" in Sentences
- She harbors a phobia of the elderly.
- Seaside is west of the harbor entrance.
- A tsunami overwhelms the ships in the harbor.
- They are the majority proprietor of the harbor.
- The harbor was the largest on the eastern coast.
- It's part of the history of the fleet, not the harbor.
- By midnight, the ship had stealthily passed into the harbor.
- The ship was beached in the harbor by the Senior Quartermaster.
- The ship was then disarmed and all but abandoned in the harbor.
- The harbor was dredged and the channel enlarged to accommodate larger ships.
- 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.
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