Meaning of Anvil | Babel Free
ˈæn.vəlDefinitions
- A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
- The incus bone in the middle ear.
- A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
- The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
- A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
zindan
Беларуская
кавадла
Български
наковалня
Català
enclusa
Čeština
kovadlina
Cymraeg
einion
Dansk
ambolt
Deutsch
Amboss
Esperanto
amboso
Eesti
alasi
Euskara
ingude
فارسی
سندان
Gaeilge
inneoin
ગુજરાતી
એરણ
עברית
סדן
Magyar
üllő
Íslenska
steðji
Italiano
incudine
ქართული
გრდემლი
Қазақша
төс
한국어
모루
Latina
incus
Latviešu
lakta
Македонски
наковална
Монгол
дөш
Bahasa Melayu
landasan
Português
bigorna
Русский
наковальня
Shqip
kudhër
Svenska
stad
Kiswahili
fuawe
தமிழ்
பட்டடை
Tagalog
palihan
Türkçe
örs
Українська
ковадло
Examples
“My heart is as an anvil unto sorrow, Which beats upon it like the Cyclops’ hammers […]”
“I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor’s news […]”
“1794, William Blake, “The Tyger,” lines 15-16, What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?”
“Thus at the flaming forge of life / Our fortunes must be wrought; / Thus on its sounding anvil shaped / Each burning deed and thought!”
“With an anvil-ding / And with fire in him forge thy will / Or rather, rather then, stealing as Spring / Through him, melt him but master him still: [...]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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