haven, oasis
(noun) a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
(noun) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Source: WordNet® 3.1
haven (plural havens)
A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
(by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
(by extension) A peaceful place.
• refuge
• sanctuary
• zoar
haven (third-person singular simple present havens, present participle havening, simple past and past participle havened)
To put into, or provide with a haven.
• heav'n, nevah
Haven
A surname.
A unisex given name of modern usage.
• heav'n, nevah
Source: Wiktionary
Ha"ven, n. Etym: [AS. hæfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MNG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. hæf sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.]
1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port. What shipping and what lading's in our haven. Shak. Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.
2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak. The haven, or the rock of love. Waller.
Ha"ven, v. t.
Definition: To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
