Definition of "harbor" []

• A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships. (noun)
• A place of shelter; a refuge. (noun)
• To give shelter to: harbor refugees; harbor a fugitive. (verb-transitive)
• To provide a place, home, or habitat for: a basement that harbors a maze of pipes; streams that harbor trout and bass. (verb-transitive)
• To entertain or nourish (a specified thought or feeling): harbor a grudge. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Whether he could sail the ship into the harbor is a totally different matter, and would probably require more Viagra and heart medication."
• "The most outstanding thing you see in the harbor is a large number of abandoned fishing boats left to rot."
• "The waters of the Chesapeake Bay, of which the harbor is an inlet, have enough exchange with the Atlantic that he can find a phage for almost any species of bacteria, he says."