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The correct spelling is anchor.
How to pronounce anchor
/ˈæŋ.kə/
nounIPA: /ˈæŋ.kə/
Say it like: Anc-hor
The correct spelling is anchor. A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. For example: "Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."
Usage Examples
“Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- 2.An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
- 3.The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
- 4.Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
- 5.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.
verb
- 1.To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- 2.To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
- 3.To stop; to fix or rest.
- 4.To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- 5.To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
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