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Noun
/ˈaNGk(ə)rij/,
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anchorages, plural;
  1. An area that is suitable for a ship to anchor

  2. The action of securing something to a base or the state of being secured
    • - the plant needs firm anchorage
    • - the mother provides emotional anchorage
  3. An anchorite's dwelling place


  1. the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family"
  2. a fee for anchoring
  3. a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"
  4. place for vessels to anchor
  5. the act of anchoring
  6. The Anchorage Alaska Railroad station is the rail station at the center of the Alaska Railroad system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on. It serves as the starting point for many tourists traveling on the luxury trains such as the Denali Star.
  7. "Anchorage" is a song by Michelle Shocked released as a single from her 1988 album Short Sharp Shocked. The song is about the narrator taking time out to write to an old friend, who has moved from Texas to Anchorage, and her friend's reply. She calls for Chel to "keep rocking in New York."
  8. The Anchorage is a historic home in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. It is a five part house with a large two and a half story center section and small hyphens and wings. It features a two story Greek Revival porch supported by four Doric columns. ...
  9. Located in Northumberland County, seven miles (NE) outside of Kilmarnock, Virginia, near to Wicomico Church, Virginia, The Anchorage was built in 1749 as a two and half story home (original section which is still lived in) with a gambrel roof and then extended in the 1840s, including basement ...
  10. The Anchorage is a historical home in Harmar (Marietta), Ohio. Also known as the Putnam Villa, it was built in 1859 by Douglas Putnam for his wife Eliza. Douglas was the great grandson of General Israel Putnam. Douglas' brother, David Putnam, Jr. was the leading abolitionist in Marietta. ...
  11. The Anchorage, also known as the Farlie House, is located in Montclair, New Jersey. The house was built in 1930 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1988.
  12. A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.^[1]; A fee charged for anchoring; That into which something is anchored or fastened; The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs
  13. (Anchorages) are constructed to resist the tension of the cables. These are usually anchored in good quality rock, but may consist of massive reinforced concrete deadweights within an excavation. The anchorage structure will have multiple protruding open eyebolts enclosed within a secure space.
  14. The means by which slabs are attached to a self-supporting structure.
  15. This involves the location, style and strength of connections from the awning or canopy to the building or to its foundations.
  16. Port charge relating to a vessel moored at approved anchorage site in a harbor.
  17. A place where a boat anchors, usually an established and marked area.
  18. A suitable place for a ship to anchor. Area of a port or harbor.
  19. Placement of unconscious suggestion during hypnosis to establish a trigger that causes the desired response when the trigger is activated.
  20. An area designated for the anchoring of ships.
  21. A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.
  22. Massive concrete structures, also called "cable anchorages" and "shore anchors." These are placed far enough back from the edge of the water to insure against sliding. They provide stability where the cable end is tied, withstanding the tremendous stress of the loaded cables.
  23. A secure fixing, usually in mass reinforced concrete, at the extremity of a side-span or anchor arm.
  24. a sheltered place near a coast with sufficient depth of water and a sea bottom below that will hold an anchor securely, so that a ship may lie still in that location for an extended period of time; usually marked on charts with a symbol resembling an anchor
  25. The method or type of fastening system used to install the product to its substrate.