harbournoun [ C or U ]
UK US harbor uk/ˈhɑː.bər/us/ˈhɑːr.bɚ/B1 an area of water next to the coast, often protected from the sea by a thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter:
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- He has a house down by the harbour.
- The Central harbour area will be closed to all marine traffic from 3.45 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
- The harbour walls need urgent reinforcement.
- It was a pretty town with a picturesque harbour and well-preserved buildings.
- In the harbour, the boats bobbed gently up and down on the water.
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Ports & docks
- anchorage
- basin
- boathouse
- breakwater
- derrick
- dockland
- dockyard
- free port
- harbour master
- hoverport
- jetty
- marina
- pier
- pierhead
- port
- sea wall
- slip
- terminal
- the dockside
- wharf
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harbourverb [ T ]
UK US harbor uk/ˈhɑː.bər/us/ˈhɑːr.bɚ/harbour verb [ T ] (HAVE IN MIND)
to think about or feel something, usually over a long period:
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Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- take sth into account idiom
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- worry
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harbour verb [ T ] (HIDE)
to protect someone or something bad, especially by hiding that person or thing when the police are looking for him, her, or it:
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- drown
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- sidle
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- tuck
- veil
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harbour verb [ T ] (CONTAIN)
to contain the bacteria, etc. that can cause a disease to spread:
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Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
- adenovirus
- antimicrobial
- bacteriology
- bacteriophage
- C. difficile
- E. coli
- fungal
- fungoid
- fungus
- germ
- HIV-positive
- listeria
- microbe
- microorganism
- mould
- organism
- probiotic
- shitake mushroom
- taenia
- West Nile virus
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