Word: Anchorage
How to pronounce: ˈæŋkərɪʤ
Noun
Definitions:
1. An area that is suitable for a ship to anchor in.
Example sentences: "NATO navies need to ensure they can deploy safely from home ports, on passage to operating areas, and can gain access to ports, harbours, anchorages or even beaches."
2. An anchorite's dwelling place.
Example sentences: "Anchorites and anchoresses lived the religious life in the solitude of an ‘anchorage’, usually a small hut or ‘cell’ built against a church."
Proper noun
Definitions:
1. A seaport in southern Alaska, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, the state's largest city; population 279,243 (est. 2008).
Synonyms:
parking area
haven
harbor
port
Derivations:
anchoring
anchored
anchor
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Anchorage in Other Languages...
Spanish: Anclaje
German: Ankerplatz
French: Ancrage
Italian: Anchorage
Turkish: Demirleme
