anchorage
A place to anchor, or the place where a boat lies anchored.
Anchorage usually refers to a place suitable for anchoring, when the wind, seas, tides and bottom are taken into account.
The area of a port or harbor is also known as an anchorage.
'Anchorage' is sometimes used to refer to the ground only.
(Not to be confused with the city in Alaska.)
"anchorage" is a noun.
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