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Definition of harbor : 1. A mixing box materials.
2. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
3. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
4. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn.
5. The mansion of a heavenly body.
6. To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish ( a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).
7. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.

Synonyms:

have got, house, entertain, go for, breakwater, hold up, board, attack, embankment, declare, lactate, cherish, suck, nurse, accommodate, halt, control, take for, room, sustain, carry, quarter, check, nurture, maintain, withstand, treasure, breastfeed, keep, concord, retain, obtain, think of, concur, confine, hold dear, cling to, wharf, bed, bunk, covert, pier, hold in, view as, apply, nourish, oasis, foster, book, restrain, take hold, inlet, safety, defy, wet-nurse, flirt with, dock, hold back, mole, have, comfort, moderate, reserve, toy with, domicile, give suck, contain, encourage, harborage, prevail, billet, give, suckle, obligate, put up, lodge, oblige, arrest, adjudge, admit, anchorage, cheer, agree, bind, take, think about, keep back, make, throw, harbour, bear, seaport, berth, hold, jetty, retreat, bestow, defend, value, deem, curb

cover, armor, aversion, answer, backfire, moat, counterattack, retort, buffer, countermeasure, response, fortress, reply, protection, return, barricade, support, resistance, stronghold, safeguard, guard, shield, rebuttal, shelter, barrier, security, defense, argument, wall, screen

foxhole, haven, dugout, asylum, hideout, sanctuary, refuge

hide, protect

Usage examples:

• At any rate, they refused to let Coggeshall take his ship out of the harbor with more than one gun- a Long Tom- aboard. - "American Merchant Ships and Sailors", Willis J. Abbot.
• In the evening he went round the harbor to see the steamer go out and to say good- bye to Peter. - "Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 2", Martin Anderson Nexo.
• We went to the house of a lady who was a friend of Mr. Cholott, and she gave us a splendid room, that looked right out over the harbor. - "A Jolly Fellowship", Frank R. Stockton.