demir — meaning in English

English meaning

• anchor noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
• iron noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.

Senses

demir is used for these senses in English:

• anchor (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
• anchor (television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
• iron (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.

anchor — full definition

1. noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
2. noun A person who presents a television or radio news broadcast.
3. noun Something that provides steadiness, support, or a sense of security.
4. verb To fix something firmly in place, or to hold a ship steady with an anchor.

iron — full definition

1. noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.
2. noun A small electrical appliance with a hot, flat base, used to smooth wrinkles out of clothes.
3. verb To smooth clothing or fabric using a heated iron.
4. adj Extremely strong, tough, or unyielding, used figuratively.

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