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anchorage
/ˈæŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/
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What does anchorage mean?
noun
- A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
- A fee charged for anchoring.
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
More meanings (9)
noun
- The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
- The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
- (figuratively) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
proper noun
- The largest city in Alaska, United States.
- A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States.
- A ghost town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
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The men ascended to the second falls, which form a cataract several feet in height, about fifteen miles beyond our anchorage.
They who had had no solidity or anchorage before seemed to be attached to it somehow, and at once grown more substantial.
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Coming round St. Buenaventura, and nearing the anchorage, we saw two vessels in port, a large full-rigged, and a small hermaphrodite brig.
On arrival at the anchorage, the launch was noticeably settling down, as water had entered at several seams which had been started.
The sea is constantly agitated, and ships suffer at once by the violence of the wind, the tideways, and the bad anchorage.