🛥️ A place to anchor ⚓ Securing a vessel 🧱 Firm support 🤝 Source of support 💰 A docking fee

anchorage

6.1

The act of dropping an anchor to hold a ship in place

noun
/ˈæŋkərɪdʒ/

Specialized

: fondeo

Examples

Table 2 describes the evaluated anchorage locations and their origins.

Academic text (2000)
Her family's old James Street apartment had been demolished to make way for the Brooklyn anchorage, where the bridge cables were rooted.

Fiction book (1995)
He realized at once what an overnight anchorage would entail.

Fiction book (1996)
A deep-water anchorage area in Kachemak Bay can accommodate up to three vessels when scheduling conflicts or weather delays occur.

Academic text (2000)
The sailboat found safe anchorage in the calm waters of the harbor during the storm.
After he secured the rope, the captain checked that the anchorage was stable before disembarking.
Finding a suitable anchorage for the night, the crew dropped the anchor and relaxed on deck.

Compounds

anchorage ground

Specialized

7.3

A place in a harbor or at sea where ships can anchor safely

How Secure

anchorage

Specialized

6.1

mooring

Specialized

4 5.0

Surface Forms

anchorage singular

anchorages plural

Morphology

anchorage = anchor (semi-transparent) = anchor + age

The meaning stays close to the verb 'anchor', but the action noun suffix '-age' is not highly predictable for many learners.

Etymology

Anchorage comes from anchor plus the ending -age, which makes a noun meaning 'a thing or action'. So anchorage can mean the act of anchoring, the action of dropping and securing an anchor.