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anchorage

[ang-ker-ij]

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noun

that portion of a harbor or area outside a harbor suitable for anchoring or in which ships are permitted to anchor.

a charge for occupying such an area.

the act of anchoring or the state of being anchored.

that to which anything is fastened.

a means of anchoring or making fast.

EXPAND

something that can be relied on: The Bible is her anchorage.

(in a suspension bridge) a massive masonry or concrete construction securing a cable at each end.

Dentistry.

an abutment.

the locking in of a tooth filling by means of an undercut.

COLLAPSE

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English ankerage. See anchor, -age

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noun

a seaport in S Alaska: earthquake 1964. 173,017.

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anchorage¹ (ˈæŋkərɪdʒ)

—n
1.	the act of anchoring
2.	any place where a vessel is anchored
3.	a place designated for vessels to anchor
4.	a fee imposed for anchoring
5.	anything used as an anchor
6.	a source of security or strength
7.	something that supplies a secure hold for something else

anchorage² (ˈæŋkərɪdʒ)

—n
	the cell or retreat of an anchorite

Anchorage (ˈæŋkərɪdʒ)

—n
	the largest city in Alaska, a port in the south, at the head of Cook Inlet. Pop: 270 951 (2003 est)

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Word Origin & History

anchorage

1510s, "toll or charge for anchoring" (see anchor). Meaning "act of dropping anchor, being at anchor" is from 1610s; that of "place suitable for anchoring" is from 1706. The Alaska city Anchorage was founded 1914.

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Medical Dictionary

anchorage an·chor·age (āng'kər-ĭj)
n.

The surgical fixation of loose or prolapsed abdominal or pelvic organs.
The part to which something is secured or stabilized.
A tooth or an implanted tooth substitute to which a fixed or removable partial denture, crown, or restorative material is fastened.
The resistance to displacement offered by an anatomical structure used to help move a tooth.