Definitions for harbor

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harbor har·bor

Spelling: [hahr-ber]

IPA: /ˈhɑr bər/

Harbor is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in harbor (abhorr).

Definitions for harbor

noun

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:

verb (used with object)

1. to give shelter to; offer refuge to:
2. to conceal; hide:
3. to keep or hold in the mind; maintain; entertain:
4. to house or contain.
5. to shelter (a vessel), as in a harbor.

verb (used without object)

1. (of a vessel) to take shelter in a harbor.

Origin of harbor

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

Examples for harbor

He continued to harbor core conservative beliefs, but started to believe they could be achieved “through liberal structures.”

Rights activists like Boledi, the Iranian Baluch dissident living in Sweden, harbor some of the same concerns.

“If Charleston harbor needs improvement, let the commerce of Charleston bear the burden,” he said.

Without demur, then, she turned and accompanied the rascally Malay toward the harbor.

I harbor a rock ‘n’ roll fantasy, just like anybody, and I welcomed the challenge.

The harbor facilities of Cleveland at this time were very few.

Also, there was not a single American vessel of war in the harbor.

In 1805, the harbor was made a port of entry, and classed within the Erie district.

Agdaness was a bare waste, and no harbor, and many a ship was lost.

The151-foot newborn waited in the harbor on her 171-foot pedestal, a huge French flag fluttering over her dark copper face.