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Word: Anchor
Speech Type: Noun
Old English ancor, ancra, via Latin from Greek ankura; reinforced in Middle English by Old French ancre. The current form is from anchora, an erroneous Latin spelling. The verb (from Old French ancrer) dates from Middle English
ˈaŋkə
a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end
Short Definition:heavy object for mooring ship
Examples:- the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly
- an anchor chain
an anchorman or anchorwoman
Short Definition:anchorman/woman
Examples:- he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor
Word: Anchor
Speech Type: Verb
ˈaŋkə
moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor
Short Definition:moor ship with anchor
Examples:- the ship was anchored in the lee of the island
- we anchored in the harbour
present and coordinate (a television or radio programme)
Short Definition:present programme
Examples:- she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s
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