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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harbor |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, berth, dock, jetty, landing place, marina, pier, platform, quay, slip, wharf |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, bring in, gain, get, have, obtain, pick up, procure, secure, win |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Land. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma., continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory (projection); highland (height)., coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium , alluvion; anicon., soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag., acres; real estate (property); landsman.
-verbs
land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore, debark.
-adjectives
earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian; alluvial; terrene (world); landed, predial, territorial; geophilous; repicolous.
-adverbs
ashore; on shore, on land.
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| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, means of arriving |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way |
| Antonyms: | departure, distancing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | arrival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming to a destination |
| Synonyms: | accession, advent, alighting, appearance, approach, arriving, debarkation, disembarkation, dismounting, entrance, happening, homecoming, influx, ingress, landing, meeting, occurrence, return |
| Antonyms: | departure, disappearance, leave |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrival |
| Synonyms: | accession, advent, approach, landing, reception |
| Antonyms: | departing, departure, exit, going, leaving |
| Main Entry: | dock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterfront |
| Synonyms: | berth, embarkment, harbor, jetty, landing, landing pier, levee, lock, marina, pier, quay, slip, wharf |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
| Main Entry: | floor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bottom of a room; level of a multistory building |
| Synonyms: | basement, boards, canvas, carpet, cellar, deck, downstairs, flat, flooring, ground, landing, lowest point, mat, mezzanine, nadir, rug, stage, story, tier, upstairs |
| Antonyms: | ceiling |
| 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 |
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