ANCHOR

Added by Elif Varlik

Definition

Noun

A device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom (Merriam-Webster)

Pronunciation

• an·​chor

• IPA transcription: /ˈæŋ.kɚ/

Sample sentences

Noun

• "They’d anchored a barge offshore and loaded it with rockets the size of Patriot missiles.” (Percy Jackson, Chapter 22)

• The captain of the ship ordered his men to lower the anchor.

• The missing boat was last seen at anchor off the North Wales coast. (Cambridge)

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Etymology

"device for securing ships to the ground under the water by means of cables," Old English ancor, borrowed 9c. from Latin ancora "an anchor," which is from or cognate with Greek ankyra "an anchor, a hook," from PIE root *ang-/*ank- "to bend" (see angle (n.)).

Translation

Chinese: 锚

Korean: 닻

Kazakh: якорь

Russian: якорь

French: ancre

Spanish: ancla

German: Anker

Turkish: Çapa