Anchorage
['æŋk(ə)rɪdʒ] or ['æŋkərɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of anchoring.
(noun.) place for vessels to anchor.
(noun.) a city in south central Alaska; 'Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska'.
(noun.) a fee for anchoring.
(noun.) the condition of being secured to a base; 'the plant needs a firm anchorage'; 'the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family'.
Editor: Vince--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
(n.) A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
(n.) The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
(n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
(n.) Abode of an anchoret.
Editor: Wendell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Roadstead, road, port, resting-place.
Typist: Osborn
Examples
- All these strings intertwining made Pancks a very cable of anchorage that night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Seen from the anchorage or from a mile or so up the Bosporus, it is by far the handsomest city we have seen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There ought to have been a tranquil bark in such an anchorage, and there was. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The total length of the bridge is 910 feet between the centres of the anchorage piers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The length of the suspended structure from anchorage to anchorage is 3,454 feet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Tyler