Translation of anchor (English-English)

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anchor: used for mooring ships of all tonnages,buoys,beacons,floating mines,etc.
Category: Iron and steel industries

anchor: To lower the anchor on to the sea bottom so as to secure the vessel in an approximately constant position relative to the seabed.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

anchor: A heavy forging or casting comprising a shank with large shackle or ring at one end and generally two arms with palms at the other,so shaped as to grip the sea bottom,and by means of a cable or rope hold a vessel,boat,or any other floating structure in a desired position regardless of wind and current.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

anchor: refractory or metallic pieces fixed to the casing, and designed to ensure the stability of the refractory lining.
Category: Iron and steel industries

anchorage: an essential piece of post-tensioning equipment cast into the concrete at the end of a tendon.It grips the tendon and transfers load from the steel to the concrete with the minimum of s lip.
Category: Building industry

anchorage: A place where a ship anchors or may anchor.An area set apart for anchored vessels in a harbour.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

anchorage: in dentistry,points of retention of fillings and artificial restorations and appliances
Category: Medicine

anchoring: to hold in place by securing firmly(mechanical process)
Category: Transport

anchoring: the attachment or insetting of a channel structure into the bed or the bank of a stream
Category: Building industry

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