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ANCHORAGE GROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anchorage ground mean? 

ANCHORAGE GROUND (noun)
  The noun ANCHORAGE GROUND has 1 sense:

1. place for vessels to anchorplay

  Familiarity information: ANCHORAGE GROUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANCHORAGE GROUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Place for vessels to anchor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

anchorage; anchorage ground

Hypernyms ("anchorage ground" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anchorage ground"):

berth; moorage; mooring; slip (a place where a craft can be made fast)

roads; roadstead (a partly sheltered anchorage)

Holonyms ("anchorage ground" is a part of...):

harbor; harbour; haven; seaport (a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo)


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