harbor

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  1. noun A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships.
  2. noun A place of shelter; a refuge.
  3. transitive verb To give shelter to: harbor refugees; harbor a fugitive.

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  • Huddled in his booth less than a hundred yards away, the customs guard stares enviously at the people lingering in the café Across from him in the harbor is a coaster that had come in for shelter that afternoon. —  MAIGRET and the Yellow Dog - Georges Simenon - 06
  • Out beyond the harbor were the flat salt marshes and the low lights of the town of Falconer, and off in the distance as well, the bright orange lights from the Falconer nuclear power plant, merrily splitting atoms and making electricity for all concerned. —  AHMM,March2008
  • Maybe getting me out here in the harbor was his way of getting even. —  AHMM,March2008
  • At the harbor are abandoned docks and fishing sheds where ghosts drift through fog-ridden afternoons. —  F ;SF - vol 099 issue 03 - September 2000
  • Toward midnight, the boat bumped against the dock; the harbor was almost dark, what lanterns there were seemed shaded to cut even that meager light. —  FSF,May2004
 

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harbour ·  bay ·  port ·  lake ·  cove ·  creek ·  lagoon ·  harbors ·  beach ·  dock ·  canal ·  pier
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  1. Middle English herberwe, probably from Old English herebeorg, lodging; see koro- in Indo-European roots.
 

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