| Main Entry: | anchorage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mooring |
Synonyms: |
dock, harbor, haven, port, refuge, roadstead, slip, wharf |
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shoreline indentation |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, arm, basin, bayou, bight, cove, estuary, fiord, firth, gulf, harbor, inlet, lagoon, loch, mouth, narrows, sound, strait |
| Main Entry: | berth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harbor; bunk |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, bed, bedroom, billet, compartment, cot, dock, hammock, haven, jetty, levee, pier, port, quay, slip, wharf |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, firth, frith, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, slough, sound, wash |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for storing boats in the water |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, dock, embankment, firth, gulf, haven, inlet, jetty, landing, mooring, pier, port, road, roadstead, wharf |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Main Entry: | haven |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge, port |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, retreat, roadstead, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter |
| Main Entry: | landing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harbor |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, berth, dock, jetty, landing place, marina, pier, platform, quay, slip, wharf |
| Main Entry: | mooring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | landing |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, berth, dock, harbor, marina, pier, port, station, wharf |
| Main Entry: | port |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for boat docking, traffic, and storage |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, boatyard, dockage, docks, dockyard, gate, harbor, harborage, haven, landing, piers, refuge, retreat, roads, roadstead, sanctuary, seaport, shelter, wharf |
| Main Entry: | refuge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, have privacy |
Synonyms: |
ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, safe place, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap, stronghold, way out |