anvil
noun
a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
anvils
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pluralof anvil.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Bynum uses allusions like anvils, following up that sour note by cueing the ballad “The Beast in Me” by Nick Lowe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
What are you going to do, ban anvils?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Those standards require that helmet manufacturers evaluate their product’s safety performance by dropping a helmeted dummy head made of magnesium about 6.5 feet onto a variety of steel anvils.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2023
But a decade ago, researchers found, using diamond anvils at outer core conditions, that iron conducts heat at least twice as fast as previously thought.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2022
He had to lean in to be heard amid the constant hammering of the anvils.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
