English Explanatory Dictionary

harbor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any place of shelter.
  2. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
  3. A mixing box for materials.
  4. A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  5. Shelter, refuge.
verb
  1. To provide a harbor or safe place for.
  2. To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
  3. To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
  4. To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
name
  1. A surname, variant of Harbour.
  2. A census-designated place in Curry County, Oregon, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑːbə/ /ˈhɑɹbɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harbour.wav en-us-harbor.ogg

Word forms

harbor harbors harbour harborough herborough harborow harboring harbored

Etymology

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”). The final syllable was subsequently altered by analogy with the Anglo‐Norman and Old French suffix -or (as seen in loanwords like honour and labour). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.

Related words

dock haven

Derived words

Center Harbor Charlotte Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Egg Harbor Egg Harbor City Friday Harbor Grays Harbor harborage harbourage harborfront harborful harbor gasket harborless Harbor Link harbor master harbormaster harbourmaster harbormistress harbor of refuge harborscape harbor seal harborside harbor town harborward harborwards Mare Harbor Oak Harbor outharbor safe harbor Tenants Harbor Two Harbors harborer unharbor

Translations

Bulgarian: подсло́н Bulgarian: убе́жище Catalan: port Catalan: refugi Danish: rede Dutch: rede Dutch: ree Finnish: turvapaikka Finnish: turvasatama French: havre French: rade French: refuge Galician: abeiro Galician: refuxoiro Galician: achego Hungarian: menedék Hungarian: menedékhely Ido: portuo Latin: portus Middle English: havene Norman: hâvre Polish: przystań Portuguese: albergue Romanian: adăpost Romanian: refugiu Russian: убе́жище Russian: приста́нище Russian: кров Serbo-Croatian: скро̏вӣште Serbo-Croatian: skrȍvīšte Spanish: puerto Spanish: refugio Yiddish: פּאָרט Yiddish: האַוון Zazaki: hebur
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