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- [hahr-ber]
- /ˈhɑr bər/
- /ˈhɑː.bər/
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- [hahr-ber]
- /ˈhɑr bər/
Definitions of harbour word
- noun harbour a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents. 1
- noun harbour such a body of water having docks or port facilities. 1
- noun harbour any place of shelter or refuge: The old inn was a harbor for tired travelers. 1
- verb with object harbour to give shelter to; offer refuge to: They harbored the refugees who streamed across the borders. 1
- verb with object harbour to conceal; hide: to harbor fugitives. 1
- verb with object harbour to keep or hold in the mind; maintain; entertain: to harbor suspicion. 1
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Origin of harbour
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Middle English herber(we), herberge, Old English herebeorg lodgings, quarters (here army + (ge)beorg refuge); cognate with German Herberge
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Parts of speech for Harbour
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
harbour popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
harbour usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for harbour
noun harbour
- port — located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
- dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- waterfront — land on the edge of a body of water.
- wharf — a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
verb harbour
- believe — If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
- embrace — An act of holding someone closely in one's arms.
- entertain — Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- cherish — If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
Antonyms for harbour
verb harbour
- turn away — move further from sth, sb
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- endanger — Put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
Top questions with harbour
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