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weather anchor

weather anchor noun: the anchor lying to windward.

Noun

weather anchor (plural weather anchors)

  1. The anchor lying to windward.
    • […] the weather anchor is likelier to go clear of the ship than the lee one […]1791, William Hutchinson, A Treatise Founded Upon Philosophical and Rational Principles
  2. (US) A television presenter who presents the weather forecast.

Forms of weather anchor

pluralweather anchors

Questions about weather anchor

What does weather anchor mean?
Weather anchor means the anchor lying to windward.
What part of speech is weather anchor?
Weather anchor is a noun.
What is the plural of weather anchor?
The plural of weather anchor is weather anchors.

Words near weather anchor in the dictionary

  1. Weasts
  2. weastward
  3. weasy
  4. weather
  5. weather a point
  6. weather anchor
  7. weather anchors
  8. weather balloon
  9. weather balloons
  10. weather bomb
  11. weather bombs

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