"harbour" meaning in English

See harbour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɑːbə/ [UK], /ˈhɑɹbəɹ/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harbour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: harbours [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} harbour (plural harbours)
  1. (British spelling) Standard spelling of harbor. Tags: UK Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: Cole Harbour, English Harbour, Franklin Harbour, Old Harbour, Rosslare Harbour, Shoal Harbour
    Sense id: en-harbour-en-noun-lbsawcnJ Disambiguation of Landforms: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɑːbə/ [UK], /ˈhɑɹbəɹ/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harbour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: harbours [present, singular, third-person], harbouring [participle, present], harboured [participle, past], harboured [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} harbour (third-person singular simple present harbours, present participle harbouring, simple past and past participle harboured)
  1. (British spelling) Standard spelling of harbor. Tags: UK Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-harbour-en-verb-lbsawcnJ Disambiguation of Landforms: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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