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harbour

[ hahr-ber ]

noun

, Chiefly British.


harbour

/ ˈhɑːbə /

noun

  1. a sheltered port
  2. a place of refuge or safety
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to give shelter to

    to harbour a criminal

  2. tr to maintain secretly

    to harbour a grudge

  3. to shelter (a vessel) in a harbour or (of a vessel) to seek shelter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Spelling Note

See -or 1.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈharbourless, adjective
  • ˈharbourer, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of harbour1

Old English herebeorg, from here troop, army + beorg shelter; related to Old High German heriberga hostelry, Old Norse herbergi
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Example Sentences

From their first weeks of life, harbour seals can change the tone of their voice to make themselves heard.

A harbour seal named Hoover was found and raised by a Maine fisherman, and spent his adult years in an aquarium hollering at visitors in a thick New England accent.

They include “The Goldfish Pool at Chartwell” painted in 1932 and “The Harbour, Cannes,” painted circa 1933.

After the race the Duke and Duchess had a thrilling, bouncy ride across the harbour in an amphibious vehicle.

Once I told him how much I admired his masterful description of Sydney Harbour in his book The Fatal Shore.

I took the last water taxi running from Eleuthera to Harbour Island.

Subig is a fine natural harbour, but with precipitous shores just as Nature has made it.

Foreign families of neutral nationality sought more tranquil asylum far beyond the suburbs or on ships lying in the harbour.

The submarine E.14 sailed into harbour after a series of hair-raising adventures in the Sea of Marmora.

There is no protection there for the ships against submarines except Enos harbour and Enos is only one fathom deep.

On such occasions continual salutes are fired from the imperial ships, and sometimes from others in the harbour.

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