1) Anchorman 2) Anchorperson 3) Anchorwoman 4) Backbone 5) Kedge 6) Keystone 7) Linchpin 8) Lynchpin 9) Mainstay 10) Media person 11) Moor 12) Newsman
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1) Anderson Cooper 2) Boat holder 3) Boat parking brake 4) Chief newscaster 5) Claw 6) Cooperative in New Zealand 7) Coveted news job 8) Device to hold a ship 9) Do a news job 10) EP by Australian artist 11) Fasten firmly 12) Fasten securely 13) Fix firmly and stably 14) Fix securely 15) Ground tackle
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A point where the rope is secured to the snow, ice or rock to provide protection against a fall. An equalized anchor system places equal weight on multiple devices to reduce the chance of failure. Any individual anchor point, whether one piece of protection or an anchor system, must be able to hold a fall. The condition of the rock, snow or ice de...
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• (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta. • (v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. • (n.) An anchoret. • (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. • (n.) An emb...
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(F ancrage, R ancora) Device providing a fixing to a solid surface
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(from the article `computer programming language`) HTML documents also contain anchors, which are tags that specify links to other Web pages. An anchor has the form <A HREF= ...
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A device for holding a boat in position, normally a heavy hooked device for holding her to the sea floor, also sea anchor to restrain her movements at sea.
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a device, usually buried in the ground, so installed as to provide a firm point of attachment for resisting uplift
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1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. ... The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the c...
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a heavy weight, often shaped with hooked ends, lowered into the water to keep a ship in one place.
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A piece or assemblage, usually metal, used to attach building parts (e.g., plates, joists, trusses, etc.) to masonry or masonry materials.
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a metal hook that holds a boat to the sea bed
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A feature that connects a frame or framed object to a paragraph. Anchors can be Locked or Unlocked. A frame is always anchored to a paragraph. Locking an anchor to a specific paragraph ensures that the frame always appears on the same page as the paragraph to which it is anchored.
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An'chor (ăn'kẽr)
noun [ Middle English
anker , Anglo-Saxon
ancor ,
oncer , Latin
ancora , sometimes spelt
anchora , from Greek
'a`gkyra , akin to English
angle : confer French
ancre . See
Angle ,
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An'chor intransitive verb 1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain)
anchored in the stream.
2. To stop; to fix or rest. « My invention . . .
anchors on Isabel.
Shak. »
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An'chor noun [ Middle English
anker ,
ancre , Anglo-Saxon
ancra , from Latin
anachoreta . See
Anchoret .] An anchoret. [ Obsolete]
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An'chor transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Anchored ; present participle & verbal noun Anchoring .] [ Confer French ancrer .] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. 2.
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A person who presents a news bulletin from a television studio, usually on a regular basis. See also newsreader and presenter.
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A device that supports and holds in place conductors when they are terminated at a pole or structure. The anchor is buried and attached to the pole by way of guy wire to counteract the mechanical forces of these conductors.
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A point on a climb where the rope is attached to the rock. It is usually at the top of the route, but it can also be mid route or at the bottom of the route to secure the belayer, and can be chains, bolts, ropes, or slings.
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Translations for „Anchor“ Become a Premium Member today! Previously widely used in Europe for wine with volumes between 34 to 45 litres or eight to ten gallons. But this is also the designation for a type of cask used in the past (also for spirits such as whisky). See also lists under Cask Types and Wine Vessels.
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A stable spot of the bowstring arm (on jaw/cheek) during the aim. Also known as ‘anchor point’.
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ground tackle noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
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A combination of points to which the bowstring and/or index finger of the drawing hand are drawn to on the face and neck.
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A point of attachment for a climbing rope, usually made with slings, runners or the rope itself. May be top-rope anchors, belay anchors or a protection piece mid-climb.
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