anvil

About 0.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
2. noun The incus bone in the middle ear.
3. noun A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
4. noun The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
5. noun A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
6. verb To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.

Similar words

incus stithy wall ton set tool trip hammer ancony forge-hammer flatter forge

Often followed by

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Word family

anvils