anchorage

plural anchorages

1. countableuncountablenauticalA harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
2. countableuncountablenauticalA fee charged for anchoring.

   Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.

3. countableuncountableThat into which something is anchored or fastened.

   the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge

4. countableuncountablemedicineThe surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
5. countableuncountableThe act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

   And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.

   1866, Augusta Webster, transl., 'The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002

6. countableuncountableThe set of anchors belonging to a ship.
7. countableuncountableThe retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
8. countablefigurativelyuncountableSomething on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

1. The largest city in Alaska, United States.

   So Anchorage settled into its current role as a major center for cargo traffic and a modest airport of seasonal passenger flights.

   2022 March 8, Maureen O'Hare, “Anchorage: The little airport on the top of the world”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022

2. A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States.
4. A ghost town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.