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Word: Anvil
Speech Type: Noun
Old English anfilte, from the Germanic base of on + a verbal stem meaning ‘beat’
ˈanv(ɪ)l
a heavy iron block with a flat top and concave sides, on which metal can be hammered and shaped.
Short Definition:heavy iron block with flat top and concave sides, on which metal can be hammered and shaped
the horizontally extended upper part of a cumulonimbus cloud
Short Definition:horizontally extended upper part of cumulonimbus cloud
Examples:- anvil clouds
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