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We have spotted ANCHOR (6 Letters) a total of 13 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with ANCHOR and also when and where was it last seen:

Definition

• 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.
• Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
• Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
• An emblem of hope.
• A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
• Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. 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; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
• To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
• To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
• To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
• To stop; to fix or rest.
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Usage among publishers:

  • Newsday: Feb 1, 2024
  • USA Today: Jul 17, 2023
  • Newsday: Mar 6, 2023
  • USA Today: Jan 26, 2023