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anchor

English

  1. 🔊 a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
  2. 🔊 a central cohesive source of support and stability
    “faith is his anchor”
  3. 🔊 a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
  4. 🔊 secure a vessel with an anchor
    “We anchored at Baltimore”
  5. 🔊 fix firmly and stably
    “anchor the lamppost in concrete”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ancla anchor
  2. 🔊 áncora anchor
  3. 🔊 fondear to anchor

Similar words

ground tackle mainstay keystone backbone linchpin lynchpin anchorman anchorperson cast anchor drop anchor ground baldt anchor navy anchor northill anchor affix anchorage annex attach batten batten down belay berth billet at bind