anchorage
Syllables: An·chor·age/ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈæŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/
anchorage noun: a harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
Noun
anchorage (countable and uncountable, plural anchorages)
- A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
- A fee charged for anchoring.
- Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
- the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
- The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
- The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.1866, Augusta Webster, transl., 'The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002
- And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
- The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
- Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Proper noun capitalized: Anchorage
Anchorage
- The largest city in Alaska, United States.
- So Anchorage settled into its current role as a major center for cargo traffic and a modest airport of seasonal passenger flights.2022 March 8, Maureen O'Hare, “Anchorage: The little airport on the top of the world”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022
- A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States.
- A ghost town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
anchorage meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
anchorage in Tamil
- நங்கூர இடம், கப்பல் நிறுத்தக் கட்டணம், நங்கூரமிடுதல், நங்கூரம், ஊன்றுதளை, ஊன்று
anchorage in Urdu
- لَنگَر اندازی کا عمَل, لَنگَر گاہ, بَندَر گاہ, لَنگَر ٹیکس
anchorage in Malayalam
- ആശ്രമം, ഏകാന്തസ്ഥലം, നങ്കൂരമിടുന്ന സ്ഥലം
anchorage in Kannada
- ಲಂಗರುದಾಣ, ಹಡಗುದಾಣ, ಲಂಗರು ಸುಂಕ, ಲಂಗರು ತೆರಿಗೆ, ಆಶ್ರಯ, ಆಸರೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- anchorage in Persian
- لنگرگاه langargâh
Examples of anchorage in a sentence
- A good anchorage was found at Tanna, and the ship warped close in.
- Ross was a popular doghole, but its anchorage was discovered much earlier.
- Captain Mac was certainly making the most of his enforced stay at safe anchorage.
Forms of anchorage
| plural | anchorages |
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Origin of anchorage
From anchor + -age.
English Anchorage 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.
Words formed from anchorage
Questions about anchorage
- What does anchorage mean?
- Anchorage means a harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
- What is anchorage in Tamil?
- Anchorage in Tamil is நங்கூர இடம், கப்பல் நிறுத்தக் கட்டணம், நங்கூரமிடுதல். See Anchorage meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is anchorage?
- Anchorage can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce anchorage?
- Anchorage is pronounced /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anchorage?
- The plural of anchorage is anchorages.
Words near anchorage in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anchorage (page history and authors); Anchorage (page history and authors); anchorage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anchorage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anchorage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anchorage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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