n. a device usually of metal that is attached to a boat by a cable and that when thrown overboard digs into the earth and holds the boat in place
We dropped the anchor in a beautiful bay.
We dropped the anchor in a beautiful bay.
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What does an anchor do for a ship?
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What is it called when the boat has the anchor down and no one is sailing?
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What did Dinky use as an anchor for his glider?
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After finding the anchor to be gone, Julie barely makes it to the surface. What does she discover there?
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Anchorage is a place where vessels anchor.
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The sailor had to heave the anchor overboard.
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Why was a 15-foot-thick concrete mat needed to anchor each of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia?
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The boat's captain ordered the sailor to drop the anchor.
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What is an anchor for a TV station?
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Why couldn't Carlos get the anchor hauled up?
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Why do the suitors sail out and anchor at the narrow strait?
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The sailor heaves the anchor overboard.
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The sailors used the winch to pull up the anchor.
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Why doesn't Julia's dad come looking for them when the anchor came loose?
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ground tackle; hook; weight
propellor
2 syllables
an-chor
anker
banker
canker
danker
hanker
manker
rancor
ranker
sanker
shanker
tanker
betancur
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