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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 anchor
Familiarity information: ANCHORAGE GROUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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