harbour
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(BrE) (AmE harbor) nounADJECTIVE▪ deep, deep-water▪ good, safe, sheltered▪ natural▪ busy▪ picturesque, pretty▪ fishingVERB + HARBOUR/HARBOR▪ have▪
The town has a small natural harbour.
▪ come into, enter, go into▪They entered the harbour with flags flying.
▪ go out of, leaveHARBOUR/HARBOR + NOUN▪ defences/defenses, wall▪ town▪ area▪ entrance, mouth (BrE)▪ authority (BrE), masterPREPOSITION▪ in (a/the) harbour▪The fishing fleet is in harbour.
▪the activity in the harbour
▪ into (a/the) harbour▪The damaged vessel was towed into harbour.
▪ out of a/the harbour▪We sailed out of the harbour at daybreak.
PHRASES▪ the entrance to a harbour, the mouth of a harbourHarbour/harbor is used after these nouns: ↑fishing
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harbour — is spelt our in BrE and harbor in AmE … Modern English usage
harbour — (US harbor) ► NOUN ▪ a place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter. ► VERB 1) keep (a thought or feeling) secretly in one s mind. 2) give a refuge or shelter to. 3) carry the germs of (a disease). ORIGIN Old English, «shelter» … English terms dictionary
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