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harbour

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?h??b?/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?h??b??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)b?(?)

Noun

harbour (plural harbours)

  1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

Derived terms

  • Rosslare Harbour

Translations

Verb

harbour (third-person singular simple present harbours, present participle harbouring, simple past and past participle harboured)

  1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.
    The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.
    • The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.
    • 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
      Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin.

References

  • “harbour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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docks

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?ks/
  • Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

docks

  1. plural of dock

Noun

docks pl (plural only)

  1. A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices

Verb

docks

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dock

French

Noun

docks m

  1. plural of dock
  2. docks

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