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at anchor

at anchor prepositional phrase: anchored.

Prepositional phrase

  1. anchored
    • a ship riding at anchor
    • The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
      That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
      And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
      Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Questions about at anchor

What does at anchor mean?
At anchor means anchored.
What part of speech is at anchor?
At anchor is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at anchor in the dictionary

  1. at all hours
  2. at all points
  3. at all risks
  4. at all times
  5. at an end
  6. at anchor
  7. at antipodes
  8. at any cost
  9. at any event
  10. at any given moment
  11. at any hand

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