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noun
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2.
anything having a similar form or use.
3.
the fixed jaw in certain measuring instruments.
4.
5.
EXPANDa musical percussion instrument having steel bars that are struck with a wooden or metal beater.
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Anvil
is always a great word to know.
So is hurricane warning. Does it mean:
| a National Weather Service warning of winds having speeds of 48 knots (55 mph, 25 m/sec) or greater |
| a storm warning given for winds with speeds exceeding 63 knots (72 mph, 32 m/sec) when the source of the winds is a tropical cyclone |
Example Sentences
- The anvil is simply a hardwood surface that supports the piece as you hammer it.
- She is an anvil that will send his campaign into the depths of political history, never to rise again.
- Hot coals glowed in a dark interior, where a craftsman was bent over an anvil hammering silver.
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World English Dictionary
| anvil (ˈænvɪl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a heavy iron or steel block on which metals are hammered during forging |
| 2. | any part having a similar shape or function, such as the lower part of a telegraph key |
| 3. | the fixed jaw of a measurement device against which the piece to be measured is held |
| 4. | anatomy the nontechnical name for incus |
| [Old English anfealt; related to Old High German anafalz, Middle Dutch anvilte; see | |
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Word Origin & History
anvil
O.E. anfilte, a W.Gmc. compound (cf. M.Du. anvilt, O.H.G. anafalz, Dan. ambolt) from *ana- "on" + *filtan "hit" (see felt (n.)). Anvil Chorus is based on the "Gypsy Song" that opens Act II of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," first performed in Teatro Apollo, Rome, Jan. 19, 1853.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
anvil an·vil (ān'vĭl)
n.
See incus.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Anvil definition
the rendering of the Hebrew word , "beaten," found only in Isa. 41:7.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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