moorages

noun

plural of moorage
as in docks

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  1. docks
  2. basins
  3. marinas
  4. ports
  5. anchorages
Noun
  • The charter captain docks at Haulover with a full booking calendar and a healthy business account.
    — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • There will always be a spotlight for the Hollywood contingent and the awards hopefuls posing on boats and docks in designer duds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of docks
Noun
  • More than half of the reservoirs technically compatible with gas-injection flooding sit within Texas and the broader Gulf Coast region, encompassing onshore basins and offshore fields.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • So far, the hurricane center has named 14 storms in the eastern and central Pacific basins, including four hurricanes.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of basins
Noun
  • At Everglades National Park’s south entrance, historic marinas and critical water systems have battled intense humidity, severe storms and decades of wear.
    — Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Guzmán said there are opportunities for investments in real estate, solar farms and energy to help ease the country’s electricity shortage, as well as in marinas and the tourism industry.
    — Edith M. Lederer, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of marinas
Noun
  • Iran has endured decades of harsh sanctions and has recently faced a full US Navy blockade of its ports that has dried up oil exports.
    — Yash Roy, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Those exercises were to have involved US Marines stationed in the Japanese island of Okinawa, units of which were involved in the blockade of Iranian ports.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of ports
Noun
  • More than 139 container vessels resided in the port’s outer anchorages as of Thursday morning, Seko said.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Navily gives us reviews of anchorages and where to clear customs.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of anchorages
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“Moorages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moorages. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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