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Encyclopedia > Anchor (disambiguation)

Look up anchor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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Anchor can refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


Devices

  • Anchor, a device used to attach a ship or boat to the bottom
  • Sea anchor, a device used to slow the drift of a ship, when the vessel cannot anchor to the bottom
  • Anchor (climbing), a device used in climbing
  • Screw anchor, a device for fastening screws in a brittle material
  • Wedge anchor, used to fasten a fixture to a solid material such as concrete
  • Anchor bolt, used to attach objects or structures to concrete.

A stocked ships anchor. ... A sea anchor is unlike a normal anchor, in that it is not made of metal and does not dig into the sea floor. ... Anchor (climbing) An arrangement of one or more pieces of gear set up to support the weight of a belay or toprope. ... A screw anchor is a fastener that can attach one object to another in situations where screws, nails, adhesives, or other simple fasteners are either impractical or ineffective. ... A wedge anchor is an anchor used to fasten a fixture to a solid base material (such as concrete). ... An anchor bolt is used to attach objects or structures to concrete. ...

Companies

Anchor Steam Beer 12 oz. ... Anchor brand dairy products are sold by a subsidiary of the New Zealand Dairy Foods. ... Richters Anchor Stone Building Sets (German: Richters Anker-Steinbaukasten) are stone building blocks made in Germany. ... Anchor Records is a record label associated with ABC_Paramount Records See also List of record labels Categories: Record labels | Music stubs ...

Places

Anchor is a village located in McLean County, Illinois. ... Anchor is a small and very remote village in Shropshire, England. ...

Other

Anchorman may refer to: News anchor, someone who works in radio who hosts a regular news program Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a 2004 American comedy movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A news anchor (US and UK, AU and SL) (occasionally newscaster) is a person that works in television or radio that hosts a regular news program or provides occasional on air news updates. ... Anchor Island or Pukenui (1380 ha) is an island in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park in the Southland district of New Zealand. ... The Duke of York Archipelago lies inside Coronation Gulf, in the Canadian province of Nunavut (Kitikmeot Region). ... Anchor is the debut album of Trespassers William, released in 1999 on Sonikwire Records. ... Trespassers William are an indie rock band known for their ethereal music. ... Anchoring or focalism is a term used in psychology to describe the common human tendency to rely too heavily, or anchor, on one trait or piece of information when making decisions. ... A news anchor (US,Can. ... In retail, an anchor store, or draw tenant, is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store in a major retail chain, such as Macys or JCPenney. ... The final leg runner for UW Wisconsin brings home the win to the Badgers. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... In computing, an HTML element indicates structure in an HTML document and a way of hierarchically arranging content. ... A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot. ... A plot generator is either: a fictional plot device which permits the generation of plots for an extended serial without requiring a great deal of logical connection between the episodes, or a literal device (such as a computer program) used by writers to generate plot ideas. ... Anchor baby is a pejorative term[1][2] used to refer to a child born in the United States to illegal aliens or other non-citizens. ... Anchoring is a neuro-linguistic programming term for the process by which memory recall, state change or other responses become associated with (anchored to) some stimulus, in such a way that perception of the stimulus (the anchor) leads by reflex to the anchored response occurring. ...

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