Thesaurus results for ANCHORAGE

anchorage

noun

ˈaŋ-k(ə-)rij

as in port

a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm

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Recent Examples of anchorage The Dannebroge anchored at the center of Denmark’s defensive line in the shallow anchorage outside Copenhagen. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026 The clash lasted several hours in the shallow anchorage outside Copenhagen. —

Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026 Summer brings crowd-free exploration of the Lofoten Archipelago, reaching remote anchorages accessible only by sea. —

Terry Ward, Time, 12 Mar. 2026 On Tuesday, these demonstrations escalated as participants blocked harbor pilot operations at the port, forcing a suspension of ship movements between the jetties and the port’s outer anchorage. —

Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for anchorage

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The attack began in midmorning and lasted for hours in the capital of Kyiv, the western city of Lviv near Poland, and the port of Odesa on the Black Sea, among other population centers, Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app.

— Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Saudi miner Maaden now has 3,500 trucks moving phosphate to the Red Sea, traffic at a UAE port on the Gulf of Oman is70-times the prewar level, and supermarket chain Spinneys drove snacks and baby food overland from the UK to the UAE, The Wall Street Journal reported.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 14 May 2026