Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 2 compound words that contain anchors. The most common are listed below. Open anchors in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- news anchorsplural of news anchor: A presenter of news broadcasts.
- boat anchorsplural of boat anchor: A cumbersome, useless piece of equipment.
- drift anchorsplural of drift anchor: A parachute-like device designed to slow down the speed of a drifting ship or boat and to keep its bow pointing to the wind.
- foul anchorsplural of foul anchor: An anchor which has become entangled or caught up in something, or an image of this.
- ice anchorsplural of ice anchor: An anchor with one arm for securing a vessel to an ice floe.
- mushroom anchorsplural of mushroom anchor: An anchor with a shape resembling a mushroom, used in mud or silt.
- rail anchorsplural of rail anchor: A spring steel clip that attaches to the underside of the rail baseplate and bears against the sides of the sleepers to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail.
- screw anchorsplural of screw anchor: A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls; called a wall plug in UK English.
- sea anchorsplural of sea anchor: A parachute-like device designed to slow down the speed of a drifting ship or boat and to keep its bow pointing to the wind.
- sheet anchorsplural of sheet anchor: A large, spare anchor used in an emergency.
- trust anchorsplural of trust anchor: An authoritative entity that is assumed to be trustable.
- weather anchorsplural of weather anchor: The anchor lying to windward.
- bower anchorsplural of bower anchor: each of the two main anchors of a ship, carried permanently attached to their cables on each side of the bow, always ready to be let go in case of an emergency.
- midfield anchorsplural of midfield anchor: A midfield player who specializes more in defensive duties.
- fouled anchorsplural of fouled anchor: A foul anchor
- rond anchorsplural of rond anchor: A type of anchor with a single fluke used to fasten a boat to a river or canal bank.
- drogue anchorsplural of drogue anchor: A parachute-like device designed to slow down the speed of a drifting ship or boat and to keep its bow pointing to the wind.
Compound words 2
- AnchorsholmeA northern suburb and ward in Blackpool borough, Lancashire, England; the suburb extends eastwards into Fylde borough (OS grid ref SD3242).
- disanchorsthird-person singular simple present indicative of disanchor: To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.