Harbour

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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

• harbor (US)

Noun

harbour (plural: harbours)

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

   The city has an excellent natural harbour.

2. Any place of shelter.

   The neighbourhood is a well-known harbour for petty thieves.

Translations

a place for ships

Esperanto: haveno Finnish: satama French: port m. German: Hafen m. Hawai'ian: hono

Malay: bandar Russian: гавань f. Spanish: puerto m. Welsh: harbwr

any place of shelter

Finnish: turvapaikka, turvasatama

Transitive Verb

to harbour (third-person singular simple present harbours, present participle harbouring, simple past harboured, past participle harboured)

1. To provide a harbour for.

   The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.

Translations

to provide safe place

Finnish: suojella, tarjota suojapaikka

See Also

• haven
• dock

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