anvil in Bengali

anvil in Bengali

What does "anvil" mean?

1. noun A heavy block of iron with a flat top, used by blacksmiths as a surface for hammering and shaping hot metal.
   "The blacksmith rested the glowing horseshoe on the anvil before striking it."
2. noun The small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear (also called the incus).
   "Sound vibrations pass from the hammer to the anvil and then to the stirrup in the ear."
3. noun A flat-topped, spreading cloud formation that appears at the top of a thunderstorm.
   "Pilots steered well clear of the anvil cloud building over the mountains."
4. verb To shape or hammer something as if working it on a blacksmith's anvil.
   "The sculptor anviled the sheet of copper into a curved bowl."

anvil in a sentence

• The blacksmith rested the glowing horseshoe on the anvil before striking it.
• Sound vibrations pass from the hammer to the anvil and then to the stirrup in the ear.
• Pilots steered well clear of the anvil cloud building over the mountains.
• The sculptor anviled the sheet of copper into a curved bowl.

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