anchorage
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.
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.
Origin of anchorage
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Other definitions for Anchorage (2 of 2)
a seaport in S Alaska: earthquake 1964.
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How to use anchorage in a sentence
You reach it via a 30-minute water-taxi ride from the town of Homer, four hours south of anchorage.
Mouser continued living and working openly in anchorage during that time.
Her Stepfather Admitted to Sexually Abusing Her. That Wasn’t Enough to Keep Her Safe. | by Nadia Sussman | September 18, 2020 | ProPublicaBeginning in 1988, he worked at a Wash-and-Lube car wash in midtown anchorage.
Her Stepfather Admitted to Sexually Abusing Her. That Wasn’t Enough to Keep Her Safe. | by Nadia Sussman | September 18, 2020 | ProPublicaIn fact, she was in Fairbanks, hundreds of miles from the hotel in anchorage, on the night of her mother’s hotel room encounter.
The Woman Propositioned by Alaska’s Former Lieutenant Governor Tells Her Story for the First Time | by Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News | September 10, 2020 | ProPublicaThat week, the Alaska Federation of Natives convention began in anchorage.
The Woman Propositioned by Alaska’s Former Lieutenant Governor Tells Her Story for the First Time | by Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News | September 10, 2020 | ProPublica
Those were the last words Charlo Greene said as a reporter for KTVA TV in anchorage, Alaska.
Bent iPhones, Daily Show vs. Redskins, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen: July 18-19 Getting there: There are daily flights to Cordova from both anchorage and Seattle (via Juneau).
But in many ways, the route from anchorage to Nome was almost the easy part.
You see that play out in places like anchorage, the rape capital of the United States, where Native women are targeted in bars.
Soon Shawn will make another trip to anchorage, a place he described to Karen as "overrated," she says.
Most of the troop transports have left their anchorage and gone back to Mudros for fear of submarines.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonSo that we were compelled to remain all the next day at the anchorage to shift them.
The boats were therefore hoisted in, and preparations made to leave the anchorage.
This bay very probably affords good anchorage out of the strength of the tides.
The harbor is one of the best and affords safe anchorage for the largest ocean-going vessels.
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British Dictionary definitions for anchorage (1 of 3)
/ (ˈæŋkərɪdʒ) /
the act of anchoring
any place where a vessel is anchored
a place designated for vessels to anchor
a fee imposed for anchoring
anything used as an anchor
a source of security or strength
something that supplies a secure hold for something else
British Dictionary definitions for anchorage (2 of 3)
/ (ˈæŋkərɪdʒ) /
the cell or retreat of an anchorite
British Dictionary definitions for Anchorage (3 of 3)
/ (ˈæŋkərɪdʒ) /
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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Cultural definitions for Anchorage
City in south-central Alaska; largest city in the state.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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