English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
anchor + -age
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
anchorage (countable and uncountable , plural anchorages )
( nautical ) A harbor , river , or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor , either for quarantine , queuing , or discharge .
( nautical ) A fee charged for anchoring.
Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.
That into which something is anchored or fastened .
the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
( medicine ) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs .
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
1866 , Augusta Webster, transl., 'The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus , page 66 , lines 1001–1002 :And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage .
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
The retreat of a hermit , or anchorite .
( figurative ) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Coordinate terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
place for anchoring
Bulgarian: котвостоянка ( kotvostojanka )
Czech: kotviště (cs) n
Danish: ankerplads c
Dutch: rede (nl) , ree (nl) , ankerplaats (nl) f
Esperanto: ankrejo
Faroese: akkerspláss , skipalega
Finnish: ankkuripaikka (fi)
French: ancrage (fr) m
Galician: ancoradoiro (gl) m
Georgian: საღუზე ( saɣuze )
German: Ankerplatz (de) m
Greek: ελλιμενισμός (el) m ( ellimenismós ) , αγκυροβόλημα (el) n ( agkyrovólima ) , αραξοβόλι (el) n ( araxovóli ) , άραγμα (el) n ( áragma )
Ancient: ναύσταθμον n ( naústathmon )
Hebrew: מעגן (he) m ( ma'agan )
Hungarian: horgonyzóhely (hu)
Icelandic: skipalægi n , bátalægi n , lægi n , skipalega f
Irish: acarsóid f , ancaireacht f , leaba ancaire f , poll ancaire m
Italian: ancoraggio (it) m
Latin: statio (la) f
Macedonian: сидриште n ( sidrište )
Maori: tauranga , taunga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ankerplass m , ankringsplass m
Nynorsk: ankerplass m , ankringsplass m
Ottoman Turkish: مرسی ( mersa )
Persian: لنگرگاه (fa) ( langargâh )
Polish: kotwicowisko (pl) n
Portuguese: ancoradouro (pt) m , ancoragem f , fundeadouro m
Russian: я́корная стоя́нка f ( jákornaja stojánka )
Scottish Gaelic: acarsaid f
Spanish: fondeadero (es) m , anclaje (es) m
Swedish: ankarplats (sv) c
Welsh: angorfa f
Yámana: tīnia
that to which something is anchored