Harbour Definition
härbər
harboured, harbouring, harbours
noun
harbours
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A sheltered area for ships; a piece of water adjacent to land in which ships may stop to load and unload.
The city has an excellent natural harbour.
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A place of shelter or refuge.
The neighbourhood is a well-known harbour for petty thieves.
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(astrology) The mansion of a heavenly body.
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A mixing box for materials in glass-working.
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verb
harboured, harbouring, harbours
To accept, as with a belief.
That scientist harbours the belief that God created humans.
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Origin of Harbour
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From Middle English herber, herberge, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”) + *bergô (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + ġebeorg (“defense, protection, refuge”). Cognate with Old Norse herbergi (“a harbour; a room”) (whence the Icelandic herbergi), Dutch herberg, German Herberge ‘hospice’, Swedish härbärge. Compare also French auberge (“hostel”). More at here, borrow.
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