harbor
Any place of shelter.
Noun 3 meanings
Any place of shelter.
“The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.”
A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
A mixing box for materials.
Verb 4 meanings
To provide a harbor or safe place for.
“The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.”
To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
“The fleet harbored in the south.”
To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
“She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.”
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”).
HARBOR at a glance
HARBOR has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (H 4 + A 1 + R 1 + B 3 + O 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,503 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with harbor
All rhymes- LABOR7
- NEIGHBOR14
- ARBOR7
- TABOR7
- BELABOR11
- ANTILABOR11
- MISLABOR12
- NONLABOR10
- OVERLABOR14
- PROLABOR12
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