anchorage
noun
- location at sea where ships can lower anchors
proper noun
- largest city in Alaska, USA
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/ / [ˈæŋkʰəɹʷɪd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈæŋkʰɹʷɪd͡ʒ] / /ˈæŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/
name
Etymology: A proprialization from anchorage, in reference to Captain Cook's anchoring there during his third voyage; for more, see Wikipedia at History of Anchorage, Alaska.
- A large coastal city in Alaska.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English anchorage From anchor + -age.
- A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
- A fee charged for anchoring.
“Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.”
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
“the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge”
- The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
- The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
“And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.”
- The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
- Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.