Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place for anchoring.
- noun A fee charged for the privilege of anchoring.
- noun The act of anchoring or the condition of being at anchor.
- noun A means of securing or stabilizing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cell or retreat of an anchoret.
- noun Anchoring-ground; a place where a ship anchors or can anchor; a customary place for anchoring.
- noun Hence That to which anything is fastened: as, the anchorage of the cables of a suspension-bridge.
- noun The anchor and all the necessary tackle for anchoring.
- noun A duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbor; anchorage-dues.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Abode of an anchoret.
- noun The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- noun A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
- noun The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- noun Something which holds like an anchor; a hold.
- noun Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
- noun A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A
fee charged for anchoring. - noun That into which something is anchored or
fastened . - noun medicine The
surgical fixation ofprolapsed organs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- noun a city in south central Alaska
- noun a fee for anchoring
- noun the act of anchoring
- noun place for vessels to anchor
Etymologies
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Examples
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This anchorage is a wonderful place; the water is extremely deep, and the rocks which bound the coast exceed in ruggedness and boldness of outline any that I ever saw before.
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Here, in your secure little anchorage, is a compound of life's social pleasures in the womb of nature.
Aweigh 2004
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Here, in your secure little anchorage, is a compound of life's social pleasures in the womb of nature.
Aweigh 2004
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The tides of the great sea do not rise and fall there; the anchorage is good; the winds that weep over the waters bring balm with them; and the banner that floats at the entrance bears this inscription –
Daisy in the Field 1869
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Thus at Amsterdam he called the anchorage Van Diemen's Road, and where the boats went for water Maria's
The History of Tasmania, Volume I John West 1840
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i was raised in anchorage and edwin boyd johnson is actually my great-uncle. so, i got to view photos of my home town and a painting of my g-uncle's i had not seen yet. thanks a lot!
Albloggerque johnny_mango 2005
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The bow ranks were flooded; the whole front of the anchorage was a wreck of sunken boats.
A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992
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The anchorage is a delightful one; I would willingly have stayed there for a couple of days instead of beating about in the open sea with the wind up half the time.
Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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About four miles from the anchorage was a small opening in the mangroves, but of too little importance to take any notice of.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
chained_bear commented on the word anchorage
Other names for Anchorage, Alaska.
September 3, 2008