About The Word Anchorage
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Anchorage
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What's The Definition Of Anchorage?
[n] the act of anchoring
[n] place for vessels to anchor [n] a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska" [n] a fee for anchoring Synonyms | Synonyms for Anchorage: anchorage ground Related Terms | Find terms related to Anchorage: admission | admission fee | anchor | anchorage ground | basin | berth | bourn | breakwater | brokerage | bulkhead | carfare | cellarage | charge | charges | chuck | colonization | cover charge | demand | destination | dock | dockage | dockyard | dry dock | dues | embankment | entrance fee | establishment | exaction | exactment | fare | fee | fixation | foundation | goal | groin | harbor | harborage | haven | hire | hook | inauguration | initiation | installation | installment | investiture | jetty | jutty | landing | landing place | landing stage | last stop | license fee | lodgment | marina | mole | mooring | mooring buoy | moorings | mudhook | peopling | pier | pilotage | plantation | population | port | portage | protected anchorage | quay | riding | road | roads | roadstead | salvage | scot | scot and lot | seaport | seawall | settlement | settling | shipyard | shot | slip | stop | stopping place | storage | terminal | terminal point | terminus | toll | towage | wharf | wharfage See Also | AK | Alaska | area | arrival | berth | city | country | fee | harbor | harbour | haven | Last Frontier | metropolis | moorage | mooring | roads | roadstead | seaport | slip | urban center Anchorage In Webster's Dictionary \An"chor*age\, n.
1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a
hold for an anchor.
3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the
anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of
trust.
6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. --Johnson.
\An"cho*rage\, n. Abode of an anchoret. |
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