- Main Entry:
- har·bor

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈhär-bər\
- Function:
- transitive verb
: to contain or be the home, habitat, or host of <those who harbor the gene for the illness — William Booth> <green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) may have harbored the ancestor of the AIDS virus — R. C. Gallo>