harbour
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word harbour. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word harbour, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say harbour in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word harbour you have here. The definition of the word harbour will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofharbour, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Harbour
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːbə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹbəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)
Noun
harbour (plural harbours)
- (British spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
- 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
- In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland.
Derived terms
Translations
harbor — see harbor
Verb
harbour (third-person singular simple present harbours, present participle harbouring, simple past and past participle harboured)
- (British spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
- The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.
- 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by , Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Ward , →OCLC:
- The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert:
- Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin.
References
- “harbour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.