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Anchorage

//ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A large coastal city in Alaska.
Noun
  1. 1
    A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of anchoring wordnet
  3. 3
    A fee charged for anchoring. countable, uncountable

    "Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour."

  4. 4
    place for vessels to anchor wordnet
  5. 5
    That into which something is anchored or fastened. countable, uncountable

    "the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge"

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  1. 6
    a fee for anchoring wordnet
  2. 7
    The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    the condition of being secured to a base wordnet
  4. 9
    The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. countable, uncountable

    "And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage."

  5. 10
    the provision of a sense of security or steadfastness wordnet
  6. 11
    The set of anchors belonging to a ship. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust. countable, figuratively, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From anchor + -age.

Etymology 2

A proprialization from anchorage, in reference to Captain Cook's anchoring there during his third voyage; for more, see Wikipedia at History of Anchorage, Alaska.

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