A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. • An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. • The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.) • Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge. • Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place. • A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink. • A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste. • An anchorman or anchorwoman. • The final runner in a relay race. • A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot. • A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area. • That which gives stability or security. • A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. • A screw anchor. • Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament. • One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges. • One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta. • The thirty-fifth Lenormand card. • The brake of a vehicle. • A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player. • A batter who remains in for a long time. • A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.