anchor
/ˈæŋ.kɚ/ sustantivo B2En español: ancla, áncora, anclote, rizón
- A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
- The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
- Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
- 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.
- A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
- 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.
- An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Plural anchors
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“There is a felucca for you at anchor.
The anchor was instantly dropped, and the chain ran rattling through the port-hole.
Morrel,” said Dantès, approaching, “the vessel now rides at anchor, and I am at your service.
The boat they were in could not make a long voyage; there was no vessel at anchor outside the harbor; he thought, perhaps, they were going to leave him on some distant point.
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