Anchor

Quick meaning: Anchor is a noun meaning (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

Meaning

(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

More Meanings

1. (nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
2. (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
3. (heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
4. (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
5. (television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
6. (computing) A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.
7. Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.

Example Sentences

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul

However, mall developers offer huge discounts to department stores because these anchors create traffic […]

Condoleezza Rice pops up on Fox to be told by the anchor: “When you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war crime.”

I saw Tim look back through the rear window of the cab and prayed he wouldn't do the first thing that came into his mind and step on the anchors.

Word Forms

• anchors
• anchour
• anchoring
• anchored

Synonyms for anchor

Depending on context, synonyms include affix, fix, ride, cease, hold, support.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include linchpin, ground, lynchpin, anchorman, anchorperson, mainstay.

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