anchorage

About 1.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
2. noun A fee charged for anchoring.

   Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.

3. noun That into which something is anchored or fastened.

   the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge

4. noun The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
5. noun The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
6. noun The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
7. noun The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
8. noun Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Similar words

anchorage ground berthage mooring anchoring berthing anchor berth cribbing foothold cornerstone

Often followed by

in and of for is at to was on

Word family

Anchorage anchorages