What does harbour mean?
Word: Harbour
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Harbour means a safe area of water near the shore where ships and boats can stop, load and unload, or shelter from rough seas.
Synonyms: dock
How do you spell harbour?
Syllables: har - bour
Tricky part: The end is said like ber, but British English, and India with it, spells it with our. American books leave out the u.
Watch out for: harbar, harber
Memory tip: The second part is bour, with the same ending as neighbour.
Idioms and Phrases
- harbour a grudge: to keep feeling angry with someone for a long time Example: "Do not harbour a grudge; Riya has already said sorry."
Harbour in a sentence
Example 1: Mumbai's harbour is full of ships, ferries and fishing boats.
Example 2: The ferry left the harbour at nine o'clock.
Example 3: Fishermen in Kochi mend their nets near the harbour every evening.
Fun Fact
Mumbai grew up around a large natural harbour on India's west coast, which is why ships have stopped there for hundreds of years.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) voyege
b) ankor
c) harbour
d) captin
Show answer
c) harbour. A ship drops its anchor with ch; voyage and captain each have a wrong letter in these spellings.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The big ship blew its horn as it entered the herbour.
a) entered
b) ship
c) horn
d) herbour
Show answer
d) herbour. Harbour begins with har, like hard, not with her.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
harbour
a) shore
b) lighthouse
c) island
d) port
Show answer
d) port. A port and a harbour are both places where ships stop.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
harrbour
a) r
b) a
c) b
d) h
Show answer
a) r. Harbour has one r, just before the b.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a lighthouse near a harbour for?
a) to guide ships in safely at night
b) to sell tickets for the ferry
c) to dry the fishing nets
d) to store the fishermen's catch
Show answer
a) to guide ships in safely at night
2. Why do boats stay in a harbour during a storm?
a) the sand there is softer
b) the water there is calmer
c) the fish there are bigger
d) the sea there is deeper
Show answer
b) the water there is calmer
