Canadian French Meaning of anchor
ancre
Other Canadian French words related to ancre
- présentateur de nouvelles
- annonceur
- diffuseur
- Lecteur de nouvelles
- reporter
- lecteur de nouvelles
- Présentatrice de journal
- Commentateur
- Correspondant
- Journaliste
- lecteur de nouvelles
- coprésentateur
- Correspondant à l’étranger
- intervieweur (-euse)
- journaliste
- Journaliste
- Journaliste
- longeron
- Telecaster
Nearest Words of anchor
Definitions and Meaning of anchor in English
anchor (n)
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
a central cohesive source of support and stability
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchor (v)
fix firmly and stably
secure a vessel with an anchor
anchor (n.)
A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
An emblem of hope.
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
An anchoret.
anchor (v. t.)
To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
anchor (v. i.)
To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
To stop; to fix or rest.
FAQs About the word anchor
ancre
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving, a central cohesive source of support and stability, a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to
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extrait,lousse,lâcher,tirer,détacher,détacher,prix,faire levier,(déraciner),Arracher
ancestry => ascendance, ancestress => ancêtre, ancestral => ancestral, ancestorially => ancestralement, ancestorial => ancestral,
