harbor

Meaning of harbor

noun
  1. Any place of shelter.
    The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.
  2. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
  3. (glassworking) A mixing box for materials.
  4. A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  5. Shelter, refuge.
verb
  1. To provide a harbor or safe place for.
    The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.
  2. To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
    The fleet harbored in the south.
  3. To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
  4. To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
    She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.

Information about harbor

  • The plural form of harbor is: harbors.
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Hyphenation of harbor

har-bor

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • harbor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

harbor synonyms

Meaning seaport:

seaport, haven

Meaning harbour:

hold, entertain, nurse, shield

Translation of harbor

Words that rhyme with harbor

Annarbor, Glenarbor, arbor, enarbor, enharbor, unharbor, upharbor, disturbor

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