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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

anchorage
    n 1: the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs
         a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage
         for the entire family"
    2: a fee for anchoring
    3: a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest
       city in Alaska"
    4: place for vessels to anchor [syn: anchorage, anchorage
       ground]
    5: the act of anchoring

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Anchorage \An"cho*rage\, n.
   Abode of an anchoret.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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.

5. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

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

6. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

7. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

Thesaurus Results for Anchorage:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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