HAVEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haven mean? 

• HAVEN (noun)
  The noun HAVEN has 2 senses:

1. a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

2. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

  Familiarity information: HAVEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAVEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

haven; oasis

Hypernyms ("haven" is a kind of...):

shelter (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

harbor; harbour; haven; seaport

Hypernyms ("haven" is a kind of...):

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Meronyms (parts of "haven"):

dock; dockage; docking facility (landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out)

landing; landing place (structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods)

anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haven"):

coaling station (a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal)

port of call (any port where a ship stops except its home port)

Instance hyponyms:

Caesarea (an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine)

Pearl Harbor (a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941)

Boston Harbor (the seaport at Boston)

Holonyms ("haven" is a part of...):

seafront (the waterfront of a seaside town)

 Context examples 

I haven't the time to spare, in fact."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You haven’t seen about Baker Street, then?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Start gathering your receipts to give to your accountant if you haven’t done so already.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But you haven’t helped me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That made me just a little heart-sick, for I haven't heard from Jonathan for a whole month.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I haven’t had a chance to look around yet.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

We haven't fared nohows, but fared to thrive. We've allus thrived.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

My dear Theresa, as I told you before, I don't know. I really haven't thought about it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"You've brought your luggage with you, haven't you, my dear?" Yes, ma'am.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You've seen my snuff-box, haven't you?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)