ankkuri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anchor noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
- anchorman noun The main presenter of a news broadcast.
- anchorwoman noun A female anchorperson.
Senses
ankkuri is used for these senses in English:
- anchor Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
- anchorwoman (athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
- armature The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
anchor — full definition
- noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
- noun A person who presents a television or radio news broadcast.
- noun Something that provides steadiness, support, or a sense of security.
- verb To fix something firmly in place, or to hold a ship steady with an anchor.
anchorman — full definition
- noun The main presenter of a news broadcast.
- noun The final and often strongest runner in a relay race.