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foul anchors

foul anchors is the plural of foul anchor.

Meaning of foul anchor

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

Questions about foul anchors

What is foul anchors the plural of?
Foul anchors is the plural of foul anchor.

Words near foul anchors in the dictionary

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

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