铁砧 — meaning in English

English meaning

• anvil noun A heavy block of iron with a flat top, used by blacksmiths as a surface for hammering and shaping hot metal.

Senses

铁砧 is used for these senses in English:

• anvil A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

anvil — full definition

1. noun A heavy block of iron with a flat top, used by blacksmiths as a surface for hammering and shaping hot metal.
2. noun The small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear (also called the incus).
3. noun A flat-topped, spreading cloud formation that appears at the top of a thunderstorm.
4. verb To shape or hammer something as if working it on a blacksmith's anvil.