{
    "term": "harbour",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an area of water on the coast, protected from the open sea by strong walls, where ships can shelter",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **enter/leave harbour**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the harbour front/mouth/wall"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt as though she'd reached a safe harbour after sailing in a vast, unfriendly sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fishing fleet is in harbour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town has a small natural harbour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They entered the harbour with flags flying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sailed out of the harbour at daybreak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We landed in a natural sheltered harbour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the old harbour town of Watchet"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "deep-water", "good"],
                "verb + harbour/​harbor": ["have", "come into", "enter"],
                "harbour/​harbor + noun": ["defences/​defenses", "wall", "town"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in (a/​the) harbour",
                    "into (a/​the) harbour",
                    "out of a/​the harbour"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the entrance to a harbour", "the mouth of a harbour"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːbə(r)/",
                "audio": "ha/harbour/harbour__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːrbər/",
                "audio": "ha/harbour/harbour__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English herebeorg ‘shelter, refuge’, herebeorgian ‘occupy shelter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herberge and German Herberge, also to French auberge ‘inn’; see also harbinger."
}