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

anchorage

6.6

A strong attachment that keeps something firmly fixed to a base

noun
/ˈæŋkərɪdʒ/

Specialized

: anclaje

The engineers ensured the building's safe design by incorporating sufficient anchorage for the foundation.
seat anchorage
belt anchorage
shoulder belt anchorage

Examples

Coordinates for anchorage at Lycia locked in.

After Earth (2013)
FMVSS 207 was intended to evaluate both seat anchorage strength and seat back strength.

Academic text (2000)
A rhizome may be an efficient organ of anchorage, yet provide no effective means of dispersal.

Academic text (1996)
The most obvious is structural support: strong, flexible branches, stiff trunks, wide bases, and good root anchorage.

Academic text (1993)
Each sculpture required careful anchorage to prevent it from tipping over in strong winds.
The bridge's anchorage points were critical to maintaining its stability during severe weather.

Synonyms

fixation

vsanchorage

2 6.0

Fastening something so it stays in one position

is the condition that results after something is firmly secured to a base

secureness

vsanchorage

5.5

How firmly something is fixed in place

refers specifically to the state of being attached to a base or support

Compounds

anchorage ground

Specialized

7.3

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

How Secure

rootedness

6.0

anchorage

Specialized

6.6

attachment

7 3.0

instability

114 5.1

looseness

1 2.5

Surface Forms

anchorage singular

anchorages plural

Morphology

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

This is an abstract state noun from 'anchor', and the link to being firmly secured is understandable but not perfectly direct.

Etymology

Anchorage comes from anchor and -age, and it can mean 'being held firmly'. That's why in building or surgery, anchorage means being fixed firmly to a base.