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ANVIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("anvil" is a kind of...):

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

Holonyms ("anvil" is a part of...):

forge; smithy (a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

Synonyms:

anvil; incus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("anvil" is a kind of...):

auditory ossicle (ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear)

Holonyms ("anvil" is a part of...):

middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)

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