anchorage
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈæŋkərɪdʒ/
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fondeadero
- The small bay served as an ideal anchorage for sailboats seeking shelter from the storm.
- a safe anchorage
Examples
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As a child, I was home-schooled on an old schooner in various anchorages along the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Academic text (1997) -
How many ships in the anchorage?
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Therefore its anchorage must be a real place.
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When the anchorage comes into view, there is nothing to be seen.
Academic text (2002) -
The rains came heavy, but the winds were gentle in the protected anchorage.
Fiction book (1990) -
But so spacious was the anchorage that not even the mass of craft, small and large, strained its capacity.
Fiction book (1991) -
The charts showed a long stretch before the next reasonable anchorage, and in order to get there, we must thread our way through cumbered waters.
Fiction book (1991) -
During a visit to San Pedro Bay in 1829, it was noted that the anchorage was not safe in the winter months when the southeast wind prevailed.
Academic text (1994) -
The bay itself was crowded with ships now that the sailing season was over, some at anchorage, others hauled up onto shore and stored in long sheds.
Fiction book (1990) -
The third reason was that the North African coasts were full of shallows, Shoals, reefs, and offshore islands, and there were few natural anchorages providing deep, safe waters.
Synonyms
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1.8
A sheltered area of water where ships can anchor and load or unload
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5.8
A place where a boat can be tied to stay still
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5.8
A place at a dock or harbour where a ship can tie up
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9.5
A place where ships stay safely during bad weather
A place in a harbor or at sea where ships can anchor safely
A place where a boat is tied to the shore or a buoy
Compounds
How Safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anchorage is formed from anchor and -age, so it can mean 'a place for an anchor'. That's why anchorage is a safe place where ships can drop their anchor.