base anchor
1anchor — [aŋ′kər] n. [ME anker < OE ancor < L anc(h)ora < Gr ankyra, an anchor, hook < IE base * ank , to bend > ANKLE] 1. a heavy object, usually a shaped iron weight with flukes, lowered by cable or chain to the bottom of a body of water… …
2anchor — anchorable, adj. anchorless, adj. anchorlike, adj. /ang keuhr/, n. 1. any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object,… …
3Anchor windlass — An anchor windlass within the forecastle on the main deck of the sailing ship Balclutha. The vertical shaft is rotated by a portion of the capstan above …
4Anchor Point, Newfoundland and Labrador — Infobox Settlement official name = Anchor Point other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = Anchor Point s south side flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo =… …
5Base station subsystem — The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) is the section of a traditional cellular telephone network which is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between a mobile phone and the network switching subsystem. The BSS carries out transcoding of… …
6anchor — n. [L. ancora, anchor] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Copepoda, enlarged first thoracic segment of an anchor worm. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Ephemeroptera, a distal fibrous knob of the egg, terminating an elongate adhesive thread coiled around… …
7base — Synonyms and related words: CP, GHQ, HQ, Mickey Mouse, abhorrent, abject, abominable, acid, acidity, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, anchor, angle, anion, antacid, antecedents, arrant, atom, atrocious, awful, background, bad, baluster,… …
8anchor — [OE] English borrowed this word from Latin in the 9th century, but its ultimate source is Greek ágkūra (which goes back to an Indo European base *angg ‘bent’, also the source of angle and ankle). Originally it was spelled ancor, reflecting Latin… …
9anchor — [OE] English borrowed this word from Latin in the 9th century, but its ultimate source is Greek ágkūra (which goes back to an Indo European base *angg ‘bent’, also the source of angle and ankle). Originally it was spelled ancor, reflecting Latin… …
10Boat anchor — In amateur radio and computing, boat anchor is a slang term used to describe something obsolete, useless, and cumbersome so called because metaphorically its only productive use is to be thrown into the water as a boat mooring.… …
