that portion of a harbor or area outside a harbor suitable for anchoring or in which ships are permitted to anchor.

a charge for occupying such an area.

the act of anchoring or the state of being anchored.

that to which anything is fastened.

a means of anchoring or making fast.

something that can be relied on

The Bible is her anchorage.

(in a suspension bridge) a massive masonry or concrete construction securing a cable at each end.

Dentistry .

an abutment.

the locking in of a tooth filling by means of an undercut.

noun

dock , harbor , haven , mooring , port , refuge , roadstead , slip , wharf