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anchorage

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Synonyms and Antonyms of anchorage

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

Synonyms of anchorage

harbor, harborage, haven, port

Words Related to anchorage

basin, dock, marina, moorage, mooring

arm, bay, bight, cove, creek [chiefly British], embayment, estuary, firth, fjord (also fiord), gulf, inlet, lagoon, loch [Scottish], lough [chiefly Irish], narrow, roads, roadstead

canal, channel, sound, strait

containerport, home port, seaport

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