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# anchorage

«anchorage» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place where ships can safely drop anchor, usually a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an anchorage, anchorages); name (Anchorage — a city)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An anchorage is a place where ships can safely drop anchor, usually a calm, sheltered bit of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#m1)

2) Anchorage is the largest city in the US state of Alaska. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#m2)

3) An anchorage can also be a strong point that something is fixed to, like where a bridge cable or a seat belt is attached. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons a safe anchorage is a sheltered bay or harbour; ports grew up near good anchorages. Anchorage, Alaska, is a city surrounded by mountains, famous for moose, snow and long summer days. In car safety, child seats click into special anchorages. Phrases: «a safe anchorage», «a sheltered anchorage».

### examples

- The ships waited in the anchorage until the storm passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x1)
- The bay is a safe anchorage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x2)
- Anchorage is the biggest city in Alaska. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x3)
- Moose sometimes walk through the streets of Anchorage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x4)
- The sailors found a quiet anchorage behind the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x5)
- The child seat clips into the anchorage points in the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x6)
- The bridge cables are fixed to huge anchorages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x7)
- In Anchorage it stays light almost all night in June. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/#x8)

### note

The city is written with a capital A: Anchorage. Countable: an anchorage, anchorages. From «anchor» + «-age» (place). Say «ANG-ker-ij».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anchorage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchorage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.