Punjabi Meaning of anchor

ਐਂਕਰ

Other Punjabi words related to ਐਂਕਰ

Definitions and Meaning of anchor in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

anchor (v)

fix firmly and stably

secure a vessel with an anchor

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

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

ਐਂਕਰ

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

ਐਂਕਰ ਪਰਸਨ,ਘੋਸ਼ਣਾਕਾਰ,ਪ੍ਰਸਾਰਕ,ਨਿਊਜ਼ਕਾਸਟਰ,ਪੱਤਰਕਾਰ,ਐਂਕਰਮੈਨ,ਐਂਕਰਵੂਮਨ,ਕਮੈਂਟੇਟਰ,ਪੱਤਰਕਾਰ,ਪੱਤਰਕਾਰ

ਕੱਢਣਾ,ਢਿੱਲਾ,ڈھیلا,ਖਿੱਚੋ,ਖੋਲ੍ਹਣਾ,ਛੱਡਣਾ,ਇਨਾਮ,ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ ਕਰਨੀ,ਮੂਲ੍ਹੋਤ੍ਪਾਟਨ,ਪਾੜਨਾ

ancestry => ਵੰਸ਼ਾਵਲੀ, ancestress => ਪੂਰਵਜ, ancestral => ਪੁਸ਼ਤੈਨੀ, ancestorially => ਪੁਰਖਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਹਿਸਾਬ ਨਾਲ, ancestorial => ਵਡੇਰਿਆਂ ਦੇ,