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BNC: 16425 COCA: 21356

anchorage

anchorage /ˈæŋkərɪʤ/ noun
plural anchorages
anchorage
/ˈæŋkərɪʤ/
noun
plural anchorages
Learner's definition of ANCHORAGE
: a place where boats and ships are anchored(船的)停泊处,锚地
[count]
[noncount]
: something that provides a strong hold or connection固定物;系牢点
[noncount]
[count]

Anchorage

Anchorage /ˈæŋkərɪʤ/ proper noun
Anchorage
/ˈæŋkərɪʤ/
proper noun
Learner's definition of ANCHORAGE
: U.S. city, Alaska安克雷奇
BNC: 16425 COCA: 21356

anchorage

noun

an·​chor·​age ˈaŋ-k(ə-)rij How to pronounce anchorage (audio)
1
a
: a place where vessels anchor : a place suitable for anchoring
b
: the act of anchoring : the condition of being anchored
2
: a means of securing : a source of reassurance
this anchorage of Christian hope T. O. Wedel
3
: something that provides a secure hold

Example Sentences

an area of safe anchorage A heavy metal ring provides anchorage for the cable. The ring serves as a secure anchorage.
Recent Examples on the Web Naval Base Guam includes Apra Harbor, the westernmost U.S. anchorage. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2022 The ship finished discharging its cargo of crude oil at the NuStar Terminal in St. James and then left for its planned anchorage off Southwest Pass, the report said. Janet Mcconnaughey, ajc, 27 Nov. 2021 The sunken vessel, ‘Fujing 001’, with a crew of 30, was at an anti-typhoon anchorage in waters near Yangjiang in Guangdong when its anchor chain snapped. Reuters, NBC News, 4 July 2022 The 65-foot-long and 65-foot-wide generator floats above the anchorage point, roughly 160 feet below the surface of the ocean. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2022 At the foot of the hill were a dock and an anchorage where his extended clan moored their boats. Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker, 27 May 2022 The child seat anchorage fitting sleeves are incorrectly marked with a different symbol than the one described in the owner's manual. USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022 Ever Forward container ship is being taken to an anchorage south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge after it was freed from mud outside the shipping channel off Pasadena, Maryland, where is has spent the past month aground. Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022 The decision came amid an intensifying battle to relocate people living on the nearly 70 boats moored illegally in the waterway, which is technically a temporary anchorage, though many mariners have lived there for decades. Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of anchorage was in the 15th century
BNC: 16425 COCA: 21356

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