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砧骨 — meaning in English

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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

砧骨 is used for these senses in English:

  • anvil (skeleton) The incus bone in the middle ear.

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.
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