harbor

Meaning

Noun

1. (US, countable) Any place of shelter.
2. (US, countable) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
3. (US, countable) A mixing box for materials.
4. (US, countable, obsolete) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
5. (US, obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.

Verb

1. (US, transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
2. (US, intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
3. (US, transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
4. (US, transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

Synonyms

harbour

port

harbour

haven

shelter

seaport

bay

dock

entertain

hold

shield

🛡️

nurse

anchorage

protect

give shelter to

refuge

cherish

screen

asylum

house

🏠

wharf

ferryboat

firth

foment

guard

💂

gulf

harborage

harbourage

hatch

have

hold down

hold on

hold up

hold water

incubate

inlet

keep

lagoon

like

look on

maintain

make

mull

nook

oasis

plaster

poorhouse

preserve

put up

regard as

Translations

port

puerto

porto

Hafen

haven

porto

havre

portus

λιμάνι

abriter

port

liman

λιμένας

ميناء

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹbəɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: herberwe

Inherited from Old English: herebeorg

Cognate with Old English: here

Inherited from Middle English: herberwen

Inherited from Old English: herebeorgian

In summary

From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army shelter, refuge”), from *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + beorg (“defense, protection, refuge”). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.

Sentences

The men were welcomed in the Rhodian harbor and they took over Rhodes .

The harbor has been enlarged and improved as membership quadrupled .