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How to pronounce harborage in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms harbourage
Type of refuge, safety
Derivation harbor

Examples of harborage

harborage
Remove all stored shelving in back room which provides harborage for mice.
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Grease trap is emitting an unpleasant odor and allowing pests harborage.
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Organize back storage area to allow for proper cleaning to prevent harborage of pests and rodents.
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Again, the conditions on the interior of this home provided food and harborage for the rats and mice alike.
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All of these conditions are conducive to a rodent infestation as they provide both food and harborage for rats.
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In the yard, you can eliminate many potential harborage sites for scorpions such as rocks, boards and other objects resting on the soil.
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After the bed bugs stopped moving within the paper, called a harborage, the scientists applied the desiccant dust followed by the alarm pheromone.
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Offshore breakwaters, also called bulkheads, reduce the intensity of wave action in inshore waters and thereby reduce coastal erosion or provide safe harborage.
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The sea had been drained from the QM2's harborage before the accident, meaning victims fell 15 to 20 m to a hard, dry-dock surface instead of 10 m into the water.
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More examples
  • (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
  • (harborages) anywhere bed bugs can hang out between meals; may include the seams of your mattress, the cracks of your baseboards, the nooks and crannies of your bed frame, grooves or screwheads on furniture, inside box springs and sofas, and so on.
  • Living areas for pests.