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anchor
[ ang-ker ]
/ ˈæŋ kər /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Origin of anchor
First recorded before 900; Middle English anker, ancre, Old English ancor, ancer, ancra (compare Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German anker ), from Latin anc(h)ora, from Greek ánkȳra
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Words nearby anchor
ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, Anchises, ancho, anchor, anchorage, anchor baby, anchor ball, anchor bed, anchor bell
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British Dictionary definitions for anchor
anchor
/ (ˈæŋkə) /
noun
verb
See also anchors
Word Origin for anchor
Old English ancor, from Latin ancora, from Greek ankura; related to Greek ankos bend; compare Latin uncus bent, hooked
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