Anchorage

Word ANCHORAGE
Character 9
Hyphenation an chor age an cho rage
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Definitions and meanings of "Anchorage"

What do we mean by anchorage?

A place for anchoring. noun

A fee charged for the privilege of anchoring. noun

The act of anchoring or the condition of being at anchor. noun

A means of securing or stabilizing. noun

The cell or retreat of an anchoret. noun

Anchoring-ground; a place where a ship anchors or can anchor; a customary place for anchoring. noun

Hence That to which anything is fastened: as, the anchorage of the cables of a suspension-bridge. noun

The anchor and all the necessary tackle for anchoring. noun

A duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbor; anchorage-dues. noun

Abode of an anchoret. noun

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. noun

A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor. noun

The set of anchors belonging to a ship. noun

Something which holds like an anchor; a hold. noun

Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust. noun

A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. noun

A fee charged for anchoring. noun

That into which something is anchored or fastened. noun

The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs. noun

The condition of being secured to a base noun

A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge..

A fee charged for anchoring.

That into which something is anchored or fastened.

The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.

The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

The set of anchors belonging to a ship.

The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.

Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Largest city in the US state of Alaska, located in the Southcentral Region along the Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, and Turnagain Arm. The population is about 260,000 (Census 2000), which is nearly half of Alaska's state population. The current mayor of Anchorage is Mark Begich. The most popular spots include Century 16 theater, Chilkoot Charlie's, Moose's Tooth pub & pizzeria, Bear Tooth theater pub, Dimond Center, and 5th Avenue Mall. Lowest temperatures are usually in the single digits during the winter, and can reach as high as the seventies to eighties during the summer. The summer is considered Anchorage's tourist season, where the downtown area near the port tends to be the busiest. Great location for travel especially during summer, but winters can get cold, dark, and depressing for some residents. Urban Dictionary

Biggest city in Alaska. Anchorage has roughly half the population in the state and is the starting place for the infamous Iditarod dog sled race. Winters are typically in the 30's and 20's with good snow. Summers are usually cloudy and in the high 50s, low 60s. Unlike any other city in the United States because its sales tax-free and has the most beauty. A growing rap and rock scene in the United States for sure. Urban Dictionary

Largest city in the state of Alaska. Population of 282,813 in Anchorage city limits, and a metro area of 359,180 (source: Wikipedia.com). Where the famous Iditarod race is showcased every year downtown right before the actual race, which begins in Wasilla and goes to Nome, Alaska. Growing at a very impressive pace. When any chain store or business comes up here, Anchorage sales are in the top 5% of the country for quite a while, word to the aspiring franchisse-entrepreneuer. The summer population is much higher, because from mid-May all the way to late August, the sun stays up almost the entire day and night. The sun is up all day on "summer solstice"; the sun sets right above the horizon but never goes all the way down. Being born and raised (until age 19) in Anchorage, the people are as follows: the majority of people are white, followed by a large coastal Asian population, most being Filipino (from the Phillipines) or other types of Asian/Pacific Islanders. Southside Anchorage: predominated by white people, most from families with at least middle class to upper-class range net worths. Almost 50% of the teenagers smoke marijuana, and so do quite a few of their parents. There are a lot of "wiggers" here, who listen to and live like they are a part of the hip-hop culture. A lot more gun-toting Caucasian young men who use their parents money to push hard drugs like cocaine and ecstasy. There are good people too though. Most people drive very nice trucks with work done to them. A lot of them blow their money on anything and everything. Lots of flaunting in their high school years. Then comes the decision to either leave Anchorage and go join the military/go to college/mature, or they stay and learn it the hard way by getting involved more in drugs with their free time. I grew up in Southside Anchorage and moved post-graduation. Westside Anchorage: a very diverse molting pot of Asians and Samoans. West High is known for a few Asian gangs. Mostly just a diverse population with many different types of people from very diverse families with diverse ways of life, income, etc. Quite a few Native Americans too. This is where downtown Anchorage feeds into, so you really get the taste of urban Anchorage here. Eastside Anchorage: a lot like Westside Anchorage, but a little more toward the middle-class to lower-middle class side. This is where Mountain View and surrounding areas are. These neighborhoods are infested with lots of meth heads, trailer parks, dysfunctional families, and harder times. Like West Anchorage, but more African Americans and Mexicans, but still not that many Mexicans. What I described previously about East Anchorage doesn't apply to all of it, just major pockets of it. Anchorage is more complex when it comes to areas of town, and the condition of the parts of town don't have to do at all with race: more to do with lifestyle and economic status. People raised in Anchorage ultimately learn through experience not to judge by race, but to judge more by a person's personal mannerisms, attitude, and things like that; more colorblind (positively, less racists) and therefore more intuitive. Northside Anchorage: This is where Elmendorf AFB is (Northwest Anchorage to be exact), so there is a military influence of many, many middle-class or other of various walks of life of people who wanted to try Alaska, or Anchorage out. This is where a majority of African Americans stay, and Bartlett is dominated by that demographic. The rough areas are Muldoon and surrounding areas. A lot like East Anchorage, with the tweakers and drug addicts, but for some reason. Mountain View borders on North Anchorage. Dimond High-area Anchorage: This is technically Southwest-central Anchorage, and is kind of like the All-American Anchorage. More middle class and average, but Caucasian being most common, but not as common as in South Anchorage. Asian population around. Less hard drugs, more of a pot/mushroom/occasional acid scene, if they do that stuff. More of a drinking, All-American attitude - this stuff is kept more on the down-low than the rest of the radical attitude of Anchorage. Spenard: most likely place to get an STD or meet a transsexual stripper or a Native prostitute. Dirty. Go to Spenardi-Gras. Service High-area Anchorage: Southeastern Anchorage. Used to be exactly like South Anchorage until they built South High. Now it is like the South-Caucasian rich, pseudo-baller crowd intertwined with the East High Samoan, Asian population. More of a "real" crowd after the zoning district changed, because the whites realized they weren't as gangster as they thought, and the other races respected that they realized that. Eagle River: more suburban than Anchorage, can you believe that? A lot more good ol' drinkin', but the same shit as Anchorage, just more spread-out and small-townish. Palmer/Wasilla: Lots of small-town "Country" people. Mostly made up of redneck-esque drinkers and people who want more of the simple life. Some pot smokers and quite a few of the major pot growing (indoor, obviously!) operations are done out here. Cost of living is cheaper out there, but is 45 minutes outside Anchorage, at least. Lower sophistication, no one gives a shit what they wear anywhere. All in all, Anchorage has a lot of good, open-minded people who love outdoor sports, hiking the Chugach mountains that border East Anchorage, and who love fishing/hunting. I took a pessimistic-sounding view to alert people of the dangers that are around Anchorage. But every city over 200,000 people will have some of these drug/violence issues. Really not like any other city I've ever been in, and I've been all along the West Coast, many places in the Midwest, Southcentral US (Oklahoma City, Dallas), and some of the South (Atlanta, Tennessee, KY), and a few places on the east coast minus NYC. All in all, Anchorage comes off as a "calm" place because of how spread out it is, and how people tend to stay inside more because of the colder weather. To really like Anchorage, you must have a tolerance for cold weather and enjoy/partake in winter sports like snowboarding, skiing, snowshoeing, you name it. Lots of good hockey players come from Anchorage, per-capita. Summer lasts from late May until late July-early August, and is in the high 50's to high 60's, hardly ever getting above 70. The winters are more mild than you'd think: 20's to 30's, and not as windy as many places in the United States. Minneapolis gets colder/windier than Anchorage. Anchorage just stays "cooler" longer. You will never get a sun tan in Anchorage unless you go fishing for a long time or get faceburn from snowboarding/skiing all day. If you like wearing shorts and flip-flops in the summer, or like getting a natural tan (not using the tanning beds that are on every third block up there) Anchorage is NOT FOR YOU. People (per-capita) drink more often and do more drugs than in most places. Lots of chill people, lots of shady ones too. Lots of white people who use slang like they weren't. A west-coast mentality taken to an extreme. There really is no place quite like Anchorage. Most days are gloomy and cloudy outside, but I like how its hardly ever windy. Urban Dictionary

An awesome city, as well as the largest in the state of Alaska. This is the northernmost metropolis in the United States. In addition, it is one of the most conservative big cities in the Nation. This city was also one of the places where Dave Attel filmed the popular Comedy Central show: Insomniac. Urban Dictionary

Largest city in Alaska. Has balmy summer temperatures in the low 60s. Urban Dictionary

The only town in the state of Alaska that you could call a city. It has cold winters where it's never warmer than the mid-30s starting as early as October and lasting until late March or sometimes even mid-April. Summers are balmy and usually always partly cloudy at best, with highs in the mid-50s to low 70's. Anchorage is where the Iditarod is showcased near downtown before it officially starts in a small neighboring town called Wasilla. It's a state with a Northwest mentality but Alaska is definitely different than Washington or Oregon. You'd have to stay up here for a while and get to know people to see it. A lot of people smoke weed here, and the weed here is among the strongest and cheapest of anywhere I've been in America. Usually just 40 an eighth, 280-320 an ounce. Lots of nice people, and you have lots of assholes. Has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, but that's probably because of the overall lack of sunlight, the prevalent use of alcohol and the availability of heroin, and for some reason the native population has a higher suicide rate per capita. There's a lot of outdoorsman stuff to do, like go hiking Anchorage's many surrounding Chugach mountains, and fishing all over South central Alaska is awesome and places like Seward are heaven for halibut and silvers certain times of the year, where Kenai and Soldotna are great for kings, silvers and reds, just depends when you go. Urban Dictionary

Referring to genitalia being large enough to hamper movement. Urban Dictionary

The largest city in Alaska. In the summer the weather the warmest it usually gets is in the 60s, while in the winter between -10 to 20 degrees. Dark in the winter and is light in the summer. As a resident, I do believe Anchorage is very overrated. Although it is beautiful, it's honestly not a very nice place to live. There is only two malls people consider frequenting, Dimond Center and 5th Avenue mall. The stores are a few years outdated, as most stores don't ship here. There isn't very much that happens, the days are very redundant. Majority of the families are dysfunctional, drug-ridden, and/or have alcoholism in them. You at least know one person who has commited suicide here, as it is one of the highest in the nation. There are MANY dropouts, I don't mean to plague this with statistics but the Anchorage School District does have the highest dropout rate, roughly half of the kids in ASD dropout. I almost dropped out. As for politics, there was once a majority of republicans, however this has died out over the years. Surprisingly the Libertarian party is quite common, and of course there is also many democrats. To most here Sarah Palin is an emberassment. Urban Dictionary

Complaining vociferously about a wrong being done to you whilst casually committing said wrong yourself with no awareness. Urban Dictionary

A form of hypocrisy. The act of criticizing someone for a certain act and then proceeding to unwittingly do that same thing. This can also be referred to as a Palin-drome. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Anchorage

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The word "anchorage" in example sentences

This anchorage is a wonderful place; the water is extremely deep, and the rocks which bound the coast exceed in ruggedness and boldness of outline any that I ever saw before. ❋ Unknown (1856)

February 26th, 2009 at 3: 14 pm till bridge loans in anchorage ak says: till bridge loans in anchorage ak … tag antisocial torus temporary thrashes? ❋ Unknown (2005)

Here, in your secure little anchorage, is a compound of life's social pleasures in the womb of nature. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The tides of the great sea do not rise and fall there; the anchorage is good; the winds that weep over the waters bring balm with them; and the banner that floats at the entrance bears this inscription – ❋ Unknown (1869)

Thus at Amsterdam he called the anchorage Van Diemen's Road, and where the boats went for water Maria's ❋ John West (1840)

i was raised in anchorage and edwin boyd johnson is actually my great-uncle. so, i got to view photos of my home town and a painting of my g-uncle's i had not seen yet. thanks a lot! ❋ Johnny_mango (2005)

The bow ranks were flooded; the whole front of the anchorage was a wreck of sunken boats. ❋ Vinge, Vernor (1992)

The anchorage is a delightful one; I would willingly have stayed there for a couple of days instead of beating about in the open sea with the wind up half the time. ❋ Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 (1951)

About four miles from the anchorage was a small opening in the mangroves, but of too little importance to take any notice of. ❋ Phillip Parker King (N/A)

Near the anchorage was a small mangrove opening, the entrance of which was blocked up by a dry mud bank. ❋ Phillip Parker King (N/A)

The business of making the steamer snug at her anchorage, which is usually attended by the creaking of cordage, the clanking of chains, and the discordant shouts of sailors and commanders, was carried on almost in silence. ❋ Charles Edward Rich (N/A)

_ -- At nine o'clock the commodore of this place, whose office is a combination of port-admiral and commissioner, came on board with the harbour-master, and the ship was guided by the latter to the anchorage, which is about three miles from the town, in eight fathoms water. ❋ Maria Graham (N/A)

The anchorage is a small cove, as still as a mill-pond, land-locked around on all sides; the principal buildings in view are the stores and dwelling of Mr. Campbell, a Bengal merchant; they are built of white stone and have a noble appearance: the next is the government stores, ❋ W. B. Cramp (N/A)

Immediately ahead of the anchorage is the small island of Desima, the most interesting portion of the city to Europeans. ❋ J. J. Smith (N/A)

(Acts 20: 15) A little to the east of the extreme point there is an anchorage, which is still called St. Paul's port. ❋ Unknown (1884)

Afterwards, if, as will probably be the case, channels are found between them, the anchorage, which is good and well sheltered, will be profitable. ❋ Various (1884)

Unlike Kobé, where the water permits vessels to lie close to the beach, Osaka is up a river, at the mouth of which is a bar; and, owing to the shoalness of the adjacent sea, the anchorage is a mile or two out. ❋ Unknown (1877)

The anchorage was a narrow ledge, dropping precipitately to very deep water; and it was possible so to place the ships that the enemy could not easily anchor near them. ❋ Unknown (1877)

The author of the account of Lord Anson's voyage mentions only one part of this island as affording anchorage, which is on the north side, and in deep water, but we saw no part where there was not anchorage: On the west side in particular, there is anchorage at about a mile from the shore in twenty fathom, and at about two miles and a half in forty and forty-five fathom, with a fine black sand at the bottom. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

It is said that Anchorage has [two] seasons: [winter] and [construction]. ❋ Bill Kapok (2005)

[Watch out] everyone, Anchorage is comin' on up. [Anchortown] [represent]!! ❋ Jeffro (2005)

Let's go back home to Anchorage for the summer. I'm going to get a job, then buy a [QP] of some dank-ass bud for 1,100 and sit on that for the summer. Too bad there aren't that many hot girls. Let's go downtown to The Anchor or Platinum [Jaxx] and get some hotties! If that doesn't work, let's go to Chilkoot Charlie's and pick up some [skankorage] skanks. Let's avoid the Busch Comany, which is filled with hairy-lipped [chubby girls] who are kind of manly and unkempt. Or just get some good friends together, and smoke some more pot. Don't drive drunk here - road conditions are often icy and bad, and 2,000 fine first penalty and at least 3 days of mandatory jail time for first DUI. Find peaceful people who don't do shady things or who hang out with shady/untrustworthy people. Their problems will likely become yours. Be very keen to people's moral backgrounds, [lock your doors] on your car, don't leave anything valuable in a visible part of your car, or not at all, when you're not there. Wear a condom here. ❋ Jeffro (2008)

Anchorage actually has a [temporary] time period every year where it is full [daylight] during [nighttime] hours. ❋ I'm Not A Lib (2005)

❋ Somebody (2003)

In Anchorage, everyone is cool with weed, even if they don't smoke it. At least 80% of the knowing population is okay with, and at least 30% have smoked in the last month, who are at least 14 and older. Cool place, but Anchorage doesn't get enough sunlight so I had to move, and [UAA] is a gay ass college and [UAF] in Fairbanks is colder than [a witch's tit] - and the girls are homely. ❋ J1241249A (2010)

You cannot run very [fast] because of all the [anchorage] [in your pants]. ❋ Rob Benscoter (2005)

Tourist: it's fucking gorgeous here I love [anchorage],alaska. I want to move here someday Resident: no you don't want to move here. It is a vacuous, dark, pit. Tommy: Has your mom quit drinking yet? I hear since she got into a drunken fight with your [methhead] sister for dropping out, the police have been on her ass like grass. Mary: No, she's still depressed that my dad walked out, causing my brother to commit suicide. How's your family? Tommy: Ditto Jordan: God, I hate [the Sarah] Palin stereo-type. I'm a fucking Democrat ❋ Anonymousresident (2011)

[Sarah Palin] just [laid] an Anchorage Steamer on [that show]! ❋ Lennydan (2011)

The woman who sees Russia from her house just dropped an [anchorage steamer] on America- she criticized the media for [politicizing] the Arizona shooting and then [implied] that the shooter was a liberal. ❋ Jonstewartfan (2011)

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