anchor
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anchor/ˈaŋkə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a heavy object used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes.
■ (anchors) Brit. informal the brakes of a car.
- 2 chiefly N. Amer. an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- 1 moor with an anchor.
■ secure firmly in position.
- 2 chiefly N. Amer. present and coordinate (a television or radio programme).
– phrases
at anchor moored with an anchor.
at anchor moored with an anchor.
– origin OE ancor, ancra, via L. from Gk ankura; reinforced in ME by OFr. ancre.
'anchor' also found in these Oxford entries:
anchorage
- anchor escapement
- aweigh
- beam
- bill
- bomb
- bower
- cable
- cat
- cathead
- cut
- fluke
- foul
- grapnel
- ground tackle
- hawse
- hawse hole
- hawsepipe
- hold
- kedge
- killick
- ledger
- moor
- purchase
- road
- scope
- sea anchor
- shank
- sheet anchor
- stock
- trip
- up-anchor
- weigh
- weigh
