HARBOUR


Meaning of HARBOUR in English

( BrE ) ( AmE harbor ) noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep , deep-water

▪ good , safe , sheltered

▪ natural

▪ busy

▪ picturesque , pretty

▪ fishing

VERB + HARBOUR/HARBOR

▪ have

The town has a small natural ~.

▪ come into , enter , go into

They entered the ~ with flags flying.

▪ go out of , leave

HARBOUR/HARBOR + NOUN

▪ defences/defenses , wall

▪ town

▪ area

▪ entrance , mouth ( BrE )

▪ authority ( BrE ), master

PREPOSITION

▪ in (a/the) ~

The fishing fleet is in ~.

the activity in the ~

▪ into (a/the) ~

The damaged vessel was towed into ~.

▪ out of a/the ~

We sailed out of the ~ at daybreak.

PHRASES

▪ the entrance to a ~ , the mouth of a ~

Harbour/harbor is used after these nouns: ↑ fishing

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