anchorage
IPA: ˈæŋkɝʌdʒ
noun
- (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
- (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
- (medicine) 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.
- (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
- A large coastal city in Alaska.
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Examples of "anchorage" in Sentences
- The organization is headquartered in anchorage.
- The towers and the anchorage sphinxes are original.
- The next safe anchorage to the north is Macquarie Harbour.
- In 2008, the Imaginarium merged with the Anchorage Museum.
- This is the list of airports in the Municipality of Anchorage.
- To the south is the Western Working Anchorage of Victoria Harbour.
- He is also the first Mayor of Anchorage to be elected to the Senate.
- Problems with the ships engine forced the ship to be towed to the anchorage.
- They found an anchorage for their ship, and put out the gangway to the land.
- Another important focal point is 'The Anchorage' at the top of the dock itself.
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