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moorage

noun

Definition of moorage

as in marina

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Recent Examples of moorage Just 20 minutes from downtown Seattle, the home’s proximity to the Mercer Island Beach Club makes lake access and boat moorage convenient. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025 The conservancy has for more than a decade tried unsuccessfully to find a permanent moorage for the SS United States as a floating hotel, museum, entertainment complex, or all of the above. — Matthew Korfhage, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024 Materials sent by ship were received at the company’s moorage along the Willamette River. — Jeastman, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023 The study will help determine whether floating docks are viable for transient moorage and for staging areas for local individuals or charter boats loading and unloading gear and passengers, according to officials. — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2021 Typically $25 per passenger vehicle, and there may be additional slip and moorage fees. — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 May 2019

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Noun

Pictures show the enormous white superyacht docked in the marina, towering over its surroundings.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Plenty of people who spent decades building a restaurant, a marina operation, or a trade business now own their homes outright or close to it, yet show little income on paper.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of marina

Noun

Its auto-empty dock holds weeks of debris without manual intervention, while intelligent carpet detection automatically lifts the mop pad to keep rugs dry.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Captain Dixon says thankfully things were much calmer on Monday compared to Sunday, when there were constant Mayday calls from a man overboard to a sinking vessel — even an explosion at a dock nearby as a boat was refueling.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of dock

Noun

Should a major storm threaten, Optimal Transit says Kraaken could detach from its mooring within hours, move away under its own propulsion, and return to reconnect once conditions improve.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Sailboat paintings by Nantucket artist Elle Foley mingle with subtler sailing nods, including a table base that evokes a mooring line tied around a post.

— Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of mooring

Noun

Separately, state television reported that another Iranian tanker was attacked in Kharg Island anchorage area.

— Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
More than 139 container vessels resided in the port’s outer anchorages as of Thursday morning, Seko said.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of anchorage

Noun

But shortly after the pool reopened, in June, algae returned in force and the sealant peeled, leading crews to repeatedly drain and scrub the basin over the summer.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
In contrast to the flurry of activity in the Pacific, things are relatively quiet in the Atlantic basin — yet another characteristic of El Niño, according to Gilford.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of basin

Noun

The big story This photograph taken on November 5, 2025 shows employees inspecting photovoltaic (PV) cells used in solar panels at an Adani Group factory in Gujarat’s port city of Mundra.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Bluecore’s initial target is its hometown Port of Long Beach — the first American port to publicly back floating nuclear energy.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of port

Noun

The market reminds visitors that just beyond the city’s harbor and highways, New England’s small towns and pastoral farms serve as the breadbasket for Boston’s growing farm-to-table movement.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
The governor’s office said the state was securing its harbors, deploying emergency personnel to strategic locations and monitoring dams for any possible breaches or overflows.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

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