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ANCHORAGE

\ˈankəɹɪd͡ʒ], \ˈankəɹɪd‍ʒ], \ˈa_n_k_ə_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\

Definitions of ANCHORAGE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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the act of anchoring
place for vessels to anchor
a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the act of anchoring
place for vessels to anchor
a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A suitable or customary place for the securing of vessels to the ground under water; the hold attained by an anchor; harbor-dues for mooring vessels in a port.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. The operative fixation of a loose or prolapsed abdominal or pelvic organ. 2. The part to which anything is fastened; specifically, in dentistry, a tooth to which a bridge is fastened, the root to which a crown is fastened, or one of the points serving to fix a filling.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Ground for anchoring: duty imposed on ships for anchoring.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

D., ground for anchoring in.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A coming to or lying at anchor.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Ground for anchoring; the hold of a ship at anchor; duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbour.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A place where a ship can anchor.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Surgical fixation of a displaced viscus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

In surgery the fixation of a displaced viscus.
In dentistry the points of the fixation of fillings or of artificial crowns or bridges. [Old Eng., Lat., Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. A place Anchor, where a ship can anchor a duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbour.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Ground to cast anchor upon; the anchors of a ship; a duty paid for anchoring in a port.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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