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anchor ancre
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anchor portant
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anchor quille (d`un navire)
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English - Wordnet 3.0    pronunciation

NOUN (3)

1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving;
[syn: anchor, ground tackle]

2. a central cohesive source of support and stability;
- Example: "faith is his anchor"
- Example: "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"
- Example: "he is the linchpin of this firm"
[syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin]

3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute;
[syn: anchor, anchorman, anchorperson]


VERB (2)

1. fix firmly and stably;
- Example: "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
[syn: anchor, ground]

2. secure a vessel with an anchor;
- Example: "We anchored at Baltimore"
[syn: anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor]