HARBOUR
Dictionary entry overview: What does harbour mean?
• HARBOUR (noun)
The noun HARBOUR has 2 senses:
1. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
2. a place of refuge and comfort and security
Familiarity information: HARBOUR used as a noun is rare.
• HARBOUR (verb)
The verb HARBOUR has 4 senses:
1. secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
2. keep in one's possession; of animals
3. hold back a thought or feeling about
4. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Familiarity information: HARBOUR used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HARBOUR (noun)
Meaning:
A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
seaport; harbour; harbor; haven
Hypernyms ("harbour" is a kind of...):
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Meronyms (parts of "harbour"):
dock; dockage; docking facility (landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out)
landing; landing place (structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods)
anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harbour"):
coaling station (a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal)
port of call (any port where a ship stops except its home port)
Instance hyponyms:
Caesarea (an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine)
Pearl Harbor (a harbor on Oahu west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941)
Boston Harbor (the seaport at Boston)
Holonyms ("harbour" is a part of...):
seafront (the waterfront of a seaside town)
Meaning:
A place of refuge and comfort and security
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
harbor; harbour
Hypernyms ("harbour" is a kind of...):
asylum; refuge; sanctuary (a shelter from danger or hardship)
• HARBOUR (verb)
Meaning:
Secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
harbour; harbor
Hypernyms (to "harbour" is one way to...):
shelter (provide shelter for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Keep in one's possession; of animals
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
harbour; harbor
Hypernyms (to "harbour" is one way to...):
hold on; keep (retain possession of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Hold back a thought or feeling about
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
shield; harbour; harbor
Context example:
She is harboring a grudge against him
Hypernyms (to "harbour" is one way to...):
conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
harbor; nurse; entertain; harbour; hold
Context examples:
bear a grudge / entertain interesting notions / harbor a resentment
Hypernyms (to "harbour" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
