anchorage
anchorage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
- 2.The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- 3.Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- 4.Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
- 5.A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.
- 6.Abode of an anchoret.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is anchorage.
- What is a place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor called?
- What is something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge called?
- What is something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust called?
- What is a toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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