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Anchor
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- noun
A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- noun
An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
- noun
The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
Where it comes from
Anchor comes from Latin ancora, itself from Greek ankyra, a hook. English borrowed it early, through the language of ships. The picture of a hook that holds is still the meaning, on the water and in speech.
In a sentence
- The ship dropped anchor.by CK, Tatoeba
- Let's drop anchor here.by Eccles17, Tatoeba
- Every ship needs an anchor.by Spamster, Tatoeba
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