anchorage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the condition of being secured to a base
    • the plant needs a firm anchorage
    • the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family
  2. noun a fee for anchoring
  3. noun a city in south central Alaska
    • Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska
  4. noun place for vessels to anchor
    anchorage ground.
  5. noun the act of anchoring

WordNet

An"chor*age noun
Definitions
  1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
  2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
  3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
  4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
  6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.
An"cho*rage noun
Definitions
  1. Abode of an anchoret.

Webster 1913