harbour

1. 1.

   a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

   Synonymsseaporthavenharbor

   Broaderport

   Narrowercoaling stationport of callCaesareaPearl HarborBoston Harbor

   Part ofseafront

   Partsdocklandinganchorage
2. 2.

   a place of refuge and comfort and security

   Synonymsharbor

   Broaderrefuge

Other forms of harbour

plural

harbours·

past tense

harboured·

present participle

harbouring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about harbour

What does harbour mean?

harbour means "secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in harbour?

harbour has 2 syllables: har-bour. The stress falls on "har". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹbɚ/.

What is another word for harbour?

Close synonyms include harbor, harbor, harbor, shield, harbor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is harbour a common word?

harbour is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with harbour?

1 word rhymes with harbour. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.