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anvil

UK /ˈæn.vɪl/US /ˈæn.vəl/

noun5

  1. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
  2. A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
  3. A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
  4. The incus bone in the middle ear.
  5. The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.

verb1

  1. (figurative) To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.
forms

anviled · anvilled · anviling · anvilling · anvils

Phrases with anvil

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