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anvils

anvils is the plural of anvil.

anvils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of anvil.

Meaning of anvil

Noun

anvil (plural anvils)

  1. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
    • My heart is as an anvil unto sorrow,
      Which beats upon it like the Cyclops’ hammers […]1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
  2. The incus bone in the middle ear.
  3. A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
  4. The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
  5. A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.

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Questions about anvils

What is anvils the plural of?
Anvils is the plural of anvil.

Words near anvils in the dictionary

  1. anvilicious
  2. anviling
  3. anvilled
  4. anvillike
  5. anvilling
  6. anvils
  7. anvilsmith
  8. anvilsmiths
  9. anviltop
  10. anviltops
  11. anw

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