ANCHORAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anchorage mean? 

• ANCHORAGE (noun)
  The noun ANCHORAGE has 5 senses:

1. the condition of being secured to a base

2. a fee for anchoring

3. a city in south central Alaska

4. place for vessels to anchor

5. the act of anchoring

  Familiarity information: ANCHORAGE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANCHORAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being secured to a base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family

Hypernyms ("anchorage" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fee for anchoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("anchorage" is a kind of...):

fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A city in south central Alaska

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Anchorage" is a part of...):

AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Place for vessels to anchor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

anchorage; anchorage ground

Hypernyms ("anchorage" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anchorage"):

berth; moorage; mooring; slip (a place where a craft can be made fast)

roads; roadstead (a partly sheltered anchorage)

Holonyms ("anchorage" is a part of...):

harbor; harbour; haven; seaport (a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo)

Derivation:

anchor (secure a vessel with an anchor)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of anchoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("anchorage" is a kind of...):

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

Derivation:

anchor (secure a vessel with an anchor)

 Context examples 

I am in very good anchorage here, (smiling at Anne,) well supplied, and want for nothing.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Both were to be carried along with us for the sake of safety; and so, with our numbers divided between them, we set forth upon the bosom of the anchorage.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Issue associated with the failure to see direct anchorage of an implant by the formation of bony tissue around the implant without the growth of fibrous tissue at the bone-implant interface.

(Failure to Osseointegrate Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)

Changes in cell motility, cell shape, adhesion, resistance to apoptosis, and anchorage independent growth all contribute to the role of c-Met in cancer.

(Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The conserved gamma subunit contains an EEF1G domain and an N-terminal GST domain that may be involved in regulating EF-1 multisubunit assembly and anchorage to other cellular components.

(Elongation Factor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Materials placed into (endosseous) or onto (subperiosteal) the jawbone; commonly used to support a crown, bridge, artificial tooth, stabilize a diseased tooth, or to use as anchorage in orthodontic therapy.

(Dental implant, NCI Thesaurus)

"Come in," Messner called, in a voice muffled because at the moment he was sucking loose a fragment of ice from its anchorage on his upper lip.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

An extraoral orthodontic appliance designed to create traction for growth modification, tooth movement and anchorage.

(Orthodontic Headgear, NCI Thesaurus)

The pitch was bubbling in the seams; the nasty stench of the place turned me sick; if ever a man smelt fever and dysentery, it was in that abominable anchorage.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

This activity may contribute to anchorage independent growth of Met transformed cells.

(Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)