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foul anchor

foul anchor noun: an anchor which has become entangled or caught up in something, or an image of this.

Noun

foul anchor (plural foul anchors)

  1. An anchor which has become entangled or caught up in something, or an image of this.
    • One stone in particular attracts me. It bears a beautiful ‘foul anchor’ and the simple inscription: Dummy 1879-1918.1978, Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea, Vintage, published 1999, page 13

Forms of foul anchor

pluralfoul anchors

Questions about foul anchor

What does foul anchor mean?
Foul anchor means an anchor which has become entangled or caught up in something, or an image of this.
What part of speech is foul anchor?
Foul anchor is a noun.
What is the plural of foul anchor?
The plural of foul anchor is foul anchors.

Words near foul anchor in the dictionary

  1. foujdary
  2. Fouka
  3. foukousa
  4. foukousas
  5. foul
  6. foul anchor
  7. foul anchors
  8. foul ball
  9. foul balls
  10. foul berth
  11. foul berths

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