anchorage

anchorage is a 9-letter English word with 12 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
2. noun. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
3. noun. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
4. noun. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
5. noun. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
6. noun. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
7. noun. Abode of an anchoret.
8. noun. the act of anchoring
9. noun. place for vessels to anchor
10. noun. a city in south central Alaska

    "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"

11. noun. a fee for anchoring
12. noun. the condition of being secured to a base

    "the plant needs a firm anchorage"

    "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family"

Common word forms

anchorages

Words from these letters

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