anchorage

noun

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 anchorage, harborage, haven, port

Related Words 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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