NOUN | artifact | haven, oasis | a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary |
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location | haven, seaport, harbor, harbour | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo |
Sounds | hhey'vahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary. | |
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Synonym | oasis | |
Broader | shelter | A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger |
Spanish | asilo, oasis | |
Catalan | oasi |
Meaning | A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo. | |
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Synonyms | seaport, harbor, harbour | |
Instances | Boston Harbor | The seaport at Boston |
Caesarea | An ancient seaport in northwestern Israel | |
Pearl Harbor | A harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu | |
Part of | seafront | The waterfront of a seaside town |
Parts | anchorage, anchorage ground | place for vessels to anchor |
dock, dockage, docking facility | landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired | |
landing, landing place | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods | |
Narrower | 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 | |
Broader | port | A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country |
Spanish | puerto | |
Catalan | port |
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