| Pronunciation: | | 'angkurij, 'angkurij
|
| | Sponsored Links: | |
|
| |
| Matching Terms: | | anchorage dependence, anchorage ground
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] the act of anchoring
- [n] place for vessels to anchor
- [n] a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"
- [n] a fee for anchoring
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | anchorage ground |
| |
| | See Also: | | AK, Alaska, area, arrival, berth, city, country, fee, harbor, harbour, haven, Last Frontier, metropolis, moorage, mooring, roads, roadstead, seaport, slip, urban center |
|
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\An"chor*age\, n.
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\, n.
Abode of an anchoret.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | admission, admission fee, anchor, anchorage ground, basin, berth, bourn, breakwater, brokerage, bulkhead, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, chuck, colonization, cover charge, demand, destination, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, dues, embankment, entrance fee, establishment, exaction, exactment, fare, fee, fixation, foundation, goal, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, hire, hook, inauguration, initiation, installation, installment, investiture, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, last stop, license fee, lodgment, marina, mole, mooring, mooring buoy, moorings, mudhook, peopling, pier, pilotage, plantation, population, port, portage, protected anchorage, quay, riding, road, roads, roadstead, salvage, scot, scot and lot, seaport, seawall, settlement, settling, shipyard, shot, slip, stop, stopping place, storage, terminal, terminal point, terminus, toll, towage, wharf, wharfage |
| |
|