Definitie, Betekenis & Synoniemen | Engels word HARBOR

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Definities van HARBOR

1. (countable) Any place of shelter.
2. (countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
3. (countable, glassworking) A mixing box for materials.
4. (obsolete, countable) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
5. (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
6. (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
7. (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
8. (transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
9. (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
10. A CDP in Curry County, Oregon, US.
11. A surname.

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Voorbeelden van het gebruik van HARBOR in een zin

• A harbor (American English), or harbour (Australian English, British English, Canadian English, Irish English, New Zealander English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.
• The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but also portions of Hampton Roads south of the James River and the harbor, portions of the Middle Peninsula region, and even some northeastern counties of North Carolina.
• Regardless of its form, the theories generally propose that microbes able to survive in outer space (such as certain types of bacteria or plant spores) can become trapped in debris ejected into space after collisions between planets and small solar system bodies that harbor life.
• During the course of the naval blockade of the harbor, there were numerous engagements, the most intense being the Gunboat Battle of August 3, 1804.
• The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by al-Qaeda against , a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor.
• British ships in the harbor are able to rescue much of the merchandise that has been unloaded on the docks, but the inventory in marketplaces in town is destroyed.
• January 20 – Francis Drake, unable to receive a ransom for the town of Nombre de Dios, orders the town and all Spanish ships in harbor to be burned.
• A fleet of 200 vessels sails from the Black Sea ports and blockades the entrance of the harbor capital.
• He defeats the rebel fleet at the harbor entrance, using a sulfur-based chemical substance, similar to the later Greek fire.
• February 9 – Battle of Loch Ryan: Thomas de Brus and Alexander de Brus sail with an invasion force of 1,000 men and 18 galleys, into the harbor at Loch Ryan.
• Octavian built the military harbor of Classis at Ravenna, and the city remained an important seaport on the Adriatic until the early Middle Ages.
• Often called "P-town" or "Ptown", the locale is known as a vacation destination for its beaches, harbor, artists and tourist industry.

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