Meaning of Anchorage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large coastal city in Alaska.
2. A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
   countable, uncountable
3. A fee charged for anchoring.
   countable, uncountable
4. That into which something is anchored or fastened.
   countable, uncountable
5. The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
   countable, uncountable
6. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
   countable, uncountable
7. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
   countable, uncountable
8. The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
   countable, uncountable
9. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.”

“the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge”

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

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