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{{selfref|For information on section linking (anchors) in Wikipedia, see ANCHOR.}}{{wiktionary|anchor}}An anchor is a device that attaches to the sea bottom to prevent a boat from drifting. Anchor may also refer to: {{TOC right}}Devices- Sea anchor, a device to slow the drift of a vessel without use of the seabed
- Earth anchor, a device to support structures, used in geotechnical and construction applications
- Anchor bolt, to attach objects or structures to concrete
- Anchor (climbing), used in rock climbing
- Anchor plate, to strengthen buildings
- Anchor, part of a microdermal implant in body modification
- Screw anchor, to secure a screw in a brittle material
- Boat anchor (metaphor), a colloquial term for outdated equipment
- Digital anchor, uses GPS and electronic compass to hold a boat's position
Places- Anchor, Illinois, United States
- Anchor, Kentucky, United States
- Anchor, Shropshire, a village in England
- Anchor, Texas, United States
- Anchor Island (Nunavut), Canada
- Anchor Island, an island in New Zealand
Arts, entertainment, and mediaMusic- Albums and EPs
- Anchor (Autumn Hill album), 2015
- Anchor (Colton Dixon album), 2014
- Anchor (EP) by Birds of Tokyo, 2015
- Anchor (Trespassers William album), 1999
- Songs
- "Anchor" (song) by Birds of Tokyo, 2015
Other arts, entertainment, and media- Anchor, an electronic captions system that BBC Television used in the 1970s and 1980s
- Anchor Bible Series
- News anchor, also known as a news presenter
- Plot anchor, a type of story-line plot device
- The Anchor (newspaper), a newspaper for the Rhode Island College campus
- Anchor Monument (Matveev Kurgan), Russia
Brands and enterprises- Anchor (brand), New Zealand dairy products
- Anchor (housing association), housing and care provider for older people, UK
- Anchor Bankside, a pub in London
- Anchor Books, an imprint of Random House
- Anchor Brewing Company and Anchor Distilling Co., an American alcoholic beverage producer
- Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd., an Indian electrical device manufacturing subsidiary of Panasonic
- Anchor Hocking, glass company
- Anchor Inc., a video game developer
- Anchor (New Haven bar), a bar and restaurant in downtown New Haven
- Anchor Records, a record label
- Anchor Stone Blocks, a brand of German stone blocks
Other uses- Anchor baby, a term for a child born in the United States to illegal immigrants or other non-citizens
- Anchor currency, reserve currency
- Anchor leg, the final runner in a track relay race
- Anchor store, a main tenant in a shopping mall
- Anchor telephone exchange, an underground telephone exchange in England
- HTML anchor, the source and destination of a web hyperlink, specified by the HTML element
See also- Anchorage (disambiguation)
- Anchoring, in psychology, sticking to a given reference point
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