NOUN
  • Definition - A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
  • Definition - 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).
  • Definition - The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
  • Definition - Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Definition - A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
  • Definition - An anchorman or anchorwoman.
  • Definition - The final runner in a relay race.
  • Definition - A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
  • Definition - A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
  • Definition - That which gives stability or security.
  • Definition - A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Definition - One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
  • Definition - One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
  • Definition - The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
  • Definition - An anchorite or anchoress.
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
anchor 11 archon 11 rancho 11
5 Letter Words
ancho 10 nacho 10 orach 10 ranch 10 roach 10 acorn 7 narco 7 racon 7
4 Letter Words
arch 9 chao 9 char 9 chon 9 hoar 7 hora 7 horn 7 acro 6 arco 6 carn 6 corn 6 narc 6 orca 6 roan 4
3 Letter Words
och 8 hao 6 hon 6 nah 6 noh 6 rah 6 rho 6 arc 5 can 5 car 5 con 5 cor 5 oca 5 orc 5 roc 5 nor 3 oar 3 ora 3 ran 3
2 Letter Words
ah 5 ha 5 ho 5 oh 5 an 2 ar 2 na 2 no 2 on 2 or 2