Anchorage

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anchorage \An"chor*age\, n.
     1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
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     2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a
        hold for an anchor.


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     3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
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     4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the
        anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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     5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of
        trust.
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     6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anchorage \An"cho*rage\, n.
     Abode of an anchoret.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anchorage
       n 1: a fee for anchoring
       2: a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest
          city in Alaska"
       3: place for vessels to anchor [syn: {anchorage ground}]
       4: the act of anchoring

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "anchorage":
     admission, admission fee, anchor, anchorage ground, basin, berth,
     bourn, breakwater, brokerage, bulkhead, carfare, cellarage, charge,
     charges, chuck, colonization, cover charge, demand, destination,
     dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, dues, embankment, entrance fee,
     establishment, exaction, exactment, fare, fee, fixation,
     foundation, goal, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, hire, hook,
     inauguration, initiation, installation, installment, investiture,
     jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, last stop,
     license fee, lodgment, marina, mole, mooring, mooring buoy,
     moorings, mudhook, peopling, pier, pilotage, plantation,
     population, port, portage, protected anchorage, quay, riding, road,
     roads, roadstead, salvage, scot, scot and lot, seaport, seawall,
     settlement, settling, shipyard, shot, slip, stop, stopping place,
     storage, terminal, terminal point, terminus, toll, towage, wharf,
     wharfage
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ANCHORAGE, merc. law. A toll paid for every anchor cast from a ship into a
  river, and sometimes a toll bearing this name is paid, although there be no
  anchor cast. This toll is said to be incident to almost every port. 1 Wm.
  Bl. 413; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 16.
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Anchorage, AK (Borough, FIPS 20)
    Location: 61.17837 N, 149.18642 W
    Population (1990): 226338 (94153 housing units)
    Area: 4396.9 sq km (land), 683.4 sq km (water)
  Anchorage, AK (city, FIPS 3000)
    Location: 61.17837 N, 149.18642 W
    Population (1990): 226338 (94153 housing units)
    Area: 4396.9 sq km (land), 683.4 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 99501, 99502, 99503, 99504, 99507, 99508, 99515, 99516, 99517, 99518
  Anchorage, KY (city, FIPS 1504)
    Location: 38.27022 N, 85.53810 W
    Population (1990): 2082 (684 housing units)
    Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 40223

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Anchorage -- U.S. Municipality in Alaska
     Population (2000):    260283
     Housing Units (2000): 100368
     Land area (2000):     1697.214921 sq. miles (4395.766279 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    263.879964 sq. miles (683.445939 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1961.094885 sq. miles (5079.212218 sq. km)
     Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
     Location:             61.191900 N, 149.762097 W
     Headwords:
      Anchorage
      Anchorage, AK
      Anchorage Municipality
      Anchorage Municipality, AK
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Anchorage, AK -- U.S. municipality in Alaska
     Population (2000):    260283
     Housing Units (2000): 100368
     Land area (2000):     1697.214921 sq. miles (4395.766279 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    263.879964 sq. miles (683.445939 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1961.094885 sq. miles (5079.212218 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            03000
     Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
     Location:             61.191900 N, 149.762097 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     99501 99502 99503 99504 99507 99508
                           99515 99516 99517 99518
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Anchorage, AK
      Anchorage
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Anchorage, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
     Population (2000):    2264
     Housing Units (2000): 750
     Land area (2000):     3.043011 sq. miles (7.881361 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.006563 sq. miles (0.016998 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.049574 sq. miles (7.898359 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            01504
     Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
     Location:             38.265370 N, 85.537571 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     40223
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Anchorage, KY
      Anchorage