Anchors

What do we mean by anchors?

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. (FM 55-501).

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.

An anchorman or anchorwoman.

The final runner in a relay race.

A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.

A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.

That which gives stability or security.

A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.

One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.

An anchorite or anchoress.

Words that are spelled similarly to anchors:
anchors, anchor, anchory, anchois, anchos.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word anchors:
aweigh, sears, newscast, anchor, meteorologist, anchoring, mooring, mall, seabed, nightly, cnn, anchored, weekday, rope, noon, news, tenants, supermarket, membrane, chains, stores, updates, desk, montgomery, airs, nbc, weekend, weather, espn, plaza, cbs, segments, shopping, store, specialty, climbing, reporter, morning, chain, flagship, hosts, coverage, bow, affiliate, fox, evening, cable, ratings, sports, vessel, gear, dan, boats, ward, deck, jerry, shore, sporting, retail, saturday, maritime, reporting, broadcast, attached, segment, ship.

Words that rhyme with anchors:
bankers, tankers, cankers, rankers, drank hers.

Adjectives that are often used to describe anchors:
heavy, nominal, large, several, fixed, concrete, behavioral, additional, ice, multiple, permanent, plastic, spare, stern, prestressed, top, strong, mechanical, verbal, main, wooden, type, huge, undercut, temporary, bonded, internal, female, big, external, ancient, double, rusty, extra, unambiguous, traditional, conventional, solid, foul, emotional, installed, visual, vertical, cultural, suitable, tieback, gold, psychological, smaller, descriptive, kedge, ton, institutional, lead, grouted, spiritual, shaped, down, metal, conceptual, potential, pound, largest, ponderous, horizontal.

Consonant match to anchors:
incas, hank is, honk his, hunk is, inc is, inca is, ink his, ink is.

Words that sound like anchors:
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