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HARBORAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harborage mean?
• HARBORAGE (noun)
The noun HARBORAGE has 1 sense:
1. (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
Familiarity information: HARBORAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
harborage; harbourage
Hypernyms ("harborage" is a kind of...):
Domain category:
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Derivation:
harbor (secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals))
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