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 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
