a device dropped from a ship or boat to hold it in a particular place, typically a large metal hook that digs into the seabed
something that serves to hold an object firmly in place
somebody or something providing support, stability, and security; a mainstay
an anchorman or anchorwoman
Brit, informal (in pl) a vehicle's brakes
at anchor
said of a ship: held in position by an anchor
drop anchor
to lower the anchor of a ship to hold it in position
anchorless adj
[Old English ancor, ancra via Latin from Greek ankyra]