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Definitions for Harbor

[1] 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.
[2] such a body of water having docks or port facilities.
[3] any place of shelter or refuge: The old inn was a harbor for tired travelers.
[4] to give shelter to; offer refuge to: They harbored the refugees who streamed across the borders.
[5] to conceal; hide: to harbor fugitives.
[6] to keep or hold in the mind; maintain; entertain: to harbor suspicion.
[7] to house or contain.
[8] to shelter (a vessel), as in a harbor.
[9] (of a vessel) to take shelter in a harbor.

Words related to Harbor

wharf, inlet, dock, pier, port, road, shelter, sanctuary, suppress, conceal, accommodate, retain, believe, maintain, cherish, breakwater, gulf, anchorage, cove, jetty

Words nearby Harbor

harassment, harbin, harbinger, harbinger-of-spring, harbona, harbor, harbor master, harbor seal, harborage, harborside, harbour

Origin of Harbor

before 1150; Middle English herber(we ), herberge, Old English herebeorg lodgings, quarters (here army + (ge)beorg refuge); cognate with German Herberge

Words that may be confused with Harbor

dock, harbor, pier, wharf

Other words from Harbor

har·bor·er , noun
har·bor·less , adjective
har·bor·ous , adjective
un·har·bored , adjective

Synonyms for Harbor

dock, inlet, pier, port, road, wharf, anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, embankment, firth, gulf, haven, jetty, landing, mooring, roadstead