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— English words —

• anchor n. (Nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
• anchor n. (Nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain…
• anchor n. (Nautical) The combined anchoring gear (Anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.).
• anchor n. (Heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
• anchor n. Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship’s anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold…
• anchor n. (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
• anchor n. (Television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
• anchor n. (Athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
• anchor n. (Archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
• anchor n. (Economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
• anchor n. (Figurative) That which gives stability or security.
• anchor n. (Architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
• anchor n. (US) A screw anchor.
• anchor n. (Architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain…
• anchor n. One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
• anchor n. One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
• anchor n. (Cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
• anchor n. (Obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
• anchor n. (Slang) The brake of a vehicle.
• anchor n. (Soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition’s best offensive player.
• anchor n. (Climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
• anchor v. To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
• anchor v. To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
• anchor v. To stop; to fix or rest.
• anchor v. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
• anchor v. To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
• anchor v. To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
• anchor n. Alternative form of anker.
• Anchor prop.n. A male given name.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Asturian
  • anchor n. Width.
• Irish
  • anchor n. Ill-treatment.

— English word, defined in German —

• anchor S. Anker.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• anchor n. Anker.

— English words, defined in French —

• anchor n. (Informatique, Marine) Ancre.
• anchor n. (Télévision) Présentateur de journal télévisé.
• anchor n. (Architecture) Tirant (d’ancrage).
• anchor n. (Héraldique) Ancre.
• anchor v. Ancrer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• anchor s. Ancla.
• anchor v. Anclar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• anchor s. (Náutica) âncora.
• anchor s. (Imprensa, Rádio e Televisão) âncora.
• anchor s. Arrimo.
• anchor v. (Náutica) ancorar.
• anchor v. (Imprensa, Rádio e Televisão) ancorar (ser o âncora de).

— English word, defined in Italian —

• anchor s. (Araldica) ancora: costituita da.

186 English words from 31 English definitions

adjoining Alternative anchor anchoress anchoring anchorite anchorman anchorwoman and anker Any Archery Architecture area arrangement arrowhead as␣in as␣to Athletics attaching away berth best bill bitts boat bottom bow brake bring building calcareous can card Cartomancy Carved cast cast␣anchor cat certain chain charge climb climber Climbing combined come come␣to connect counters customers defensive device distress document draw drawn Economics emotional especially facility feature fifth Figurative final fittings fix fixed fixed␣point focus for form from fully gear given given␣name gives grip hand her heraldic Heraldry hold holding holothurians hyperlink Ill Ill-treatment instrument Internet into iron Lenormand like like␣that male marked metal moor move move␣away movement name natural nautical object Obsolete of␣a offensive one opposition ornaments other part parts peak perform person player point position provide purpose race ready relay relay␣race Representation resembling resist rest ring river rode runner screw screw␣anchor sea security serves serving shaped ship shoot Slang Soccer somewhat species spicules spinules sponges stability stop string stuck such such␣as superstore target Television that that␣is the thirty thirty-fifth tie timber to␣come together tool top to␣the touched treatment unable used used␣to vehicle vessel when which who Width windlass work

5 English words from 15 foreign definitions

Anker Architecture journal Marine ser

21 foreign words from 15 foreign definitions

Ancla Anclar âncora ancorar ancrage Ancre Ancrer Araldica Arrimo costituita Héraldique Imprensa Informatique journal␣télévisé Náutica Présentateur Rádio Televisão télévisé Télévision Tirant

76 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

anchors anchory anchored anchorer anchoret anchorin anchorage Anchorage Anchor␣Bay anchorers anchoress anchoreth anchorets anchor␣ice anchoring anchorins anchorite anchorman anchor␣man anchormen anchor␣men anchor␣nut anchorable anchorages anchor␣baby anchor␣ball anchor␣bend anchor␣buoy anchoretic anchorhold anchorings anchorites anchoritic anchorless anchorlike anchor␣line anchor␣nuts anchor␣ring anchor␣shot anchor␣balls anchor␣bends anchor␣buoys anchoresses anchoretism anchor␣hitch anchorholds anchoritess anchor␣light anchor␣lines Anchor␣Point +26 words

33 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Banchory coanchors reanchors unanchors coanchored disanchors ice␣anchors reanchored sea␣anchors unanchored coanchoring disanchored foul␣anchors news␣anchors reanchoring rond-anchors rond␣anchors unanchoring bower␣anchors disanchoring drift␣anchors reanchorings screw␣anchors sheet␣anchors Tristan␣chord trust␣anchors unanchorable fouled␣anchors Tristan␣chords weather␣anchors mushroom␣anchors Neapolitan␣chord Neapolitan␣chords

36 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

at␣anchor coanchor reanchor unanchor disanchor ice␣anchor sea␣anchor Blue␣Anchor cast␣anchor drop␣anchor foul␣anchor news␣anchor rond-anchor rond␣anchor bower␣anchor drift␣anchor drops␣anchor screw␣anchor sheet␣anchor trust␣anchor weigh␣anchor drogue␣anchor fouled␣anchor weighs␣anchor dropped␣anchor swing␣at␣anchor swung␣at␣anchor weather␣anchor weighed␣anchor crown␣and␣anchor dropping␣anchor mushroom␣anchor swings␣at␣anchor weighing␣anchor swallow␣the␣anchor swinging␣at␣anchor

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ANC ancho Cho CHO chor hor

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CNA HCN OHC Roh ROH

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

achorn archon Charon noarch rancho

33 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Acheron achorns anarcho- anchors anchory anchour arachno- archeon archons Chadron chantor charbon Chardon chargon Charons Charron chortan chroman chronal Cochran Conrath Cothran Croghan Gonchar Honchar Hornack march␣on monarch Monarch nomarch Ochrana ranchos Rannoch

37 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

achor acorn acron ancho Anhor archo- Carno caron Chaon Charo chron chron- Chron. Cohan corah coran Coran Corna Hanor Horan nacho nahor narco narco- Norah ochna ochra orach racon ranch Rhona roach Roach Rocha rohan Rohan Ronca

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

anchos

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

achor ancho Anhor

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

anchour

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