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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Anchorage

/ăng'-kẽr-əj/ · An·chor·age · IPA /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
01 n. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
  1. 1.
    The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
  2. 2.
    A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
  3. 3.
    The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
  4. 4.
    Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  5. 5.
    Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
  6. 6.
    A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
02 n. Abode of an anchoret.
  1. 1.
    Abode of an anchoret.