Meaning of Harbor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname, variant of Harbour.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any place of shelter.
   US, countable
3. A census-designated place in Curry County, Oregon, United States.
   countable, uncountable
4. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
   US, countable
5. A mixing box for materials.
   US, countable
6. A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
   US, countable, obsolete
7. Shelter, refuge.
   US, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.”

“[T]here aboutes dwelt greate multitudes of people half wilde, hiding thẽſelues in caues of the grounde, of ſmall ſtature, and very fearefull, for as ſoone as they ſawe them they fled into their holes, and that there was a great riuer and very good harborough.”

“A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world and has something to give in return.”

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