Harbor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Transitive Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See Also

English

Alternative spellings

• harbour (UK)

Noun

harbor (plural: harbors)

1. A sheltered piece of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may stop to load and unload.

   The city has an excellent natural harbor.

2. Any place of shelter.

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

Translations

a place for ships

Bulgarian: пристанище (pristanište) n., пристан (pristan) m. Esperanto: haveno Finnish: satama French: port m. German: Hafen m. Hawai'ian: hono Italian: porto m.

Malay: bandar Russian: гавань f. Slovene: pristanišče n., pristan m. Spanish: puerto m.

any place of shelter

Bulgarian: подслон (podslon) m., убежище (ubežište) n. Finnish: turvapaikka, turvasatama

Transitive Verb

to harbor (third-person singular simple present harbors, present participle harboring, simple past harbored, past participle harbored)

1. To provide a harbor or safe place for.

   The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.

Translations

to provide safe place

Finnish: suojella, antaa suojapaikka

See Also

• haven
• dockfr:harbor

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