A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
A fee charged for anchoring.
A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
A passage that leads into a cavity.
To let in; admit.
To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
To insert; inlay.