anchorage

IPA: ˈæŋkɝʌdʒ

(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.

Examples of "anchorage" in Sentences

The bow ranks were flooded; the whole front of the anchorage was a wreck of sunken boats.
Here, in your secure little anchorage, is a compound of life's social pleasures in the womb of nature.
Thus at Amsterdam he called the anchorage Van Diemen's Road, and where the boats went for water Maria's
About four miles from the anchorage was a small opening in the mangroves, but of too little importance to take any notice of.
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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.
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.
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!
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 –