Word: Anchor
How to pronounce: ˈæŋkə
Noun
Definitions:
1. A heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom, typically one having a metal shank with a ring at one end for the rope and a pair of curved and/or barbed flukes at the other.
Example sentences: "The boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly"
2. An anchorman or anchorwoman, especially in broadcasting or athletics.
Example sentences: "He signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor.
Example sentences: "The ship was anchored in the lee of the island"
2. Act as an anchor for (a television program or sporting event)
Example sentences: "She anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s"
Synonyms:
moorings
drogue
dock
moor
drop anchor
rockbolt
clamp
anchorman
tie
secure
fasten
catch
fix
pillar
backbone
mainstay
buttress
reliance
dependence
Derivations:
anchorage
anchoress
anchoret
anchorite
anchoring
anchored
anchorless
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Anchor in Other Languages...
Spanish: Ancla
German: Anker
French: Ancre
Italian: Ancoraggio
Turkish: çapa
