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Harbor

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WordDefinition
holdverb(transitive) To grasp or grip.
shieldnounAnything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
nursenounA person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
entertainverb(transitive) to amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably
seaportnounA town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.
harbournoun(Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
havennounA safe place.

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WordDefinition
harbournoun(Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
havennounA safe place.
seaportnounA town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.
shieldnounAnything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
holdnounA grasp or grip.
nursenounA person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
entertainnoun(obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.
portnounA place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
piernounA raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
terminalnounA building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
carryingnounTransportation.
shelteringnounA shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters.
shelternoun(countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
postagenounThe charge for posting an item.
wearingnounThat which is worn; clothes; garments.
augmentationnounThe act or process of augmenting.
spherenoun(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .
quarteringnounThe act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
grapevinenounAn informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
110nounThe telephone number for law enforcement in China, Japan, Germany, Indonesia, Latvia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Andorra, Nauru, and the Ivory Coast and on Taiwan.

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