Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anchorage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anchorage \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anchorage \An"cho*rage\, n.
Abode of an anchoret.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anchorage
n 1: a fee for anchoring
2: a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest
city in Alaska" [syn: {Anchorage}]
3: place for vessels to anchor [syn: {anchorage ground}]
4: the act of anchoring
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