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Collocations for harbour - noun

ADJECTIVE

deep, deep-water
good, safe, sheltered
natural
busy
picturesque, pretty
fishing

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VERB + harbour/harbor

have
The town has a small natural harbour.
come into, enter, go into
They entered the harbour with flags flying.
go out of, leave

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harbour/harbor + NOUN

defences/defenses, wall
town
area
entrance, mouth (BrE)
authority (BrE), master

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PREPOSITION

in (a/the) harbour
The fishing fleet is in harbour.
the activity in the harbour
into (a/the) harbour
The damaged vessel was towed into harbour.
out of a/the harbour
We sailed out of the harbour at daybreak.

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PHRASES

the entrance to a harbour, the mouth of a harbour

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Harbour/harbor is used after these nouns:
fishing

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