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anchorage

name · noun · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈæŋkhəɹwɪd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈæŋkhɹwɪd͡ʒ]
  • General-American: /ˈæŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/
  • General-American: [ˈæŋkhɚɪd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈæŋkhɹ̩ɪd͡ʒ]
  • Canada, US: /ˈeɪŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/
  • Canada, US: [ˈeɪŋkhɚɪd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈeɪŋkhɹ̩ɪd͡ʒ]
  • Canada, US: /ˈɛ̃ŋkɚɪd͡ʒ/
  • Canada, US: [ˈɛ̃ŋkhɚɪd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈɛ̃ŋkhɹ̩ɪd͡ʒ]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 NG K ER0 AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 NG K R IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The largest city in Alaska, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

An unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A ghost town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A fee charged for anchoring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

That into which something is anchored or fastened.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The set of anchors belonging to a ship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

the act of anchoring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrival

14

noun

Meaning 14

place for vessels to anchor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anchorage ground

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: area, country

Narrower terms: mooring, moorage, berth, slip, roads, roadstead

15

noun

Meaning 15

a city in south central Alaska

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

16

noun

Meaning 16

a fee for anchoring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fee

17

noun

Meaning 17

the condition of being secured to a base

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the plant needs a firm anchorage
  • the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2enk-der.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English anchorage English Anchorage A proprialization from anchorage, in reference to Captain Cook's anchoring there during his third voyage; for more, see Wikipedia at History of Anchorage, Alaska.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2enk-der.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English anchorage From anchor + -age.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَنْكُورِيج (ʔankūrīj) — city
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安克雷奇 (Ānkèléiqí) — city
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安克拉治 (Ānkèlāzhì) — city
  • Dena'ina: Dgheyay Kaq' — city
  • Finnish: Anchorage — city
  • French: Anchorage — city
  • Galician: Anchorage — city
  • German: Anchorage — city
  • Greek: Άνκορεϊτζ (Ánkoreïtz) — city
  • Greek: Άνκοριτζ (Ánkoritz) — city
  • Hindi: एंकोरेज (Enkorej) — city
  • Hindi: एन्कोरेज (Enkorej) — city
  • Japanese: アンカレッジ (Ankarejji) — city
  • Korean: 앵커리지 (Aengkeoriji) — city
  • Latin: Ancoraria — city
  • Latvian: Ankoridža — city
  • Marathi: अँकरेज (aĕṅkrej) — city
  • Marathi: अँकोरेज (aĕṅkorej) — city
  • Portuguese: Anchorage — city
  • Russian: А́нкоридж (Ánkoridž) — city
  • Scots: Anchorage — city
  • Spanish: Anchorage — city
  • Turkish: Anchorage — city
  • Ukrainian: Анкоридж (Ankorydž) — city
  • Bulgarian: котвостоянка (kotvostojanka) — place for anchoring
  • Czech: kotviště — place for anchoring
  • Danish: ankerplads — place for anchoring
  • Dutch: rede — place for anchoring
  • Dutch: ree — place for anchoring
  • Dutch: ankerplaats — place for anchoring
  • Esperanto: ankrejo — place for anchoring
  • Faroese: akkerspláss — place for anchoring
  • Faroese: skipalega — place for anchoring
  • Finnish: ankkuripaikka — place for anchoring
  • French: ancrage — place for anchoring
  • Galician: ancoradoiro — place for anchoring
  • Georgian: საღუზე (saɣuze) — place for anchoring
  • German: Ankerplatz — place for anchoring
  • Greek: ελλιμενισμός (ellimenismós) — place for anchoring
  • Greek: αγκυροβόλημα (agkyrovólima) — place for anchoring
  • Greek: αραξοβόλι (araxovóli) — place for anchoring
  • Greek: άραγμα (áragma) — place for anchoring
  • Ancient Greek: ναύσταθμον (naústathmon) — place for anchoring
  • Hebrew: מעגן (ma'agan) — place for anchoring
  • Hungarian: horgonyzóhely — place for anchoring
  • Icelandic: skipalægi — place for anchoring
  • Icelandic: bátalægi — place for anchoring
  • Icelandic: lægi — place for anchoring
  • Icelandic: skipalega — place for anchoring
  • Irish: acarsóid — place for anchoring
  • Irish: ancaireacht — place for anchoring
  • Irish: leaba ancaire — place for anchoring
  • Irish: poll ancaire — place for anchoring
  • Italian: ancoraggio — place for anchoring
  • Latin: statio — place for anchoring
  • Macedonian: сидриште (sidrište) — place for anchoring
  • Māori: tauranga — place for anchoring
  • Māori: taunga — place for anchoring
  • Marshallese: aba — place for anchoring
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ankerplass — place for anchoring
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ankringsplass — place for anchoring
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ankerplass — place for anchoring
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ankringsplass — place for anchoring
  • Persian: لنگرگاه (langargâh) — place for anchoring
  • Polish: kotwicowisko — place for anchoring
  • Portuguese: ancoradouro — place for anchoring
  • Portuguese: ancoragem — place for anchoring
  • Portuguese: fundeadouro — place for anchoring
  • Russian: я́корная стоя́нка (jákornaja stojánka) — place for anchoring
  • Scottish Gaelic: acarsaid — place for anchoring
  • Spanish: fondeadero — place for anchoring
  • Spanish: anclaje — place for anchoring
  • Swedish: ankarplats — place for anchoring
  • Ottoman Turkish: مرسی (mersa) — place for anchoring
  • Welsh: angorfa — place for anchoring
  • Yámana: tīnia — place for anchoring
  • Bulgarian: такса за пристан (taksa za pristan) — fee for anchoring
  • Finnish: ankkurointimaksu — fee for anchoring
  • German: Ankergebühr — fee for anchoring
  • Greek: τέλη ελλιμενισμού (téli ellimenismoú) — fee for anchoring
  • Hungarian: horgonyzási díj — fee for anchoring
  • Irish: cáin ancaireachta — fee for anchoring
  • Macedonian: сидрарина (sidrarina) — fee for anchoring
  • Portuguese: ancoragem — fee for anchoring
  • Spanish: anclaje — fee for anchoring
  • Finnish: kiinnityskohta — that to which something is anchored
  • German: Verankerung — that to which something is anchored
  • Hungarian: rögzítési pont — that to which something is anchored
  • Irish: taca — that to which something is anchored
  • Russian: опо́ра (opóra) — that to which something is anchored
Real reading context

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