ANVIL
What does "ANVIL" mean?
A heavy iron block on which metal is hammered and shaped.
Meanings
- A heavy block of iron or steel with a flat top, used as a surface for forging metal. The blacksmith laid the glowing bar across the anvil.
- The incus, one of the three small bones of the middle ear. Sound moves from the hammer to the anvil to the stirrup inside the ear. technical
- The flat, spreading top of a mature thundercloud. An anvil of cloud flattened out against the stratosphere.
Did you know?
- Your inner ear contains a tiny bone literally called the anvil (the incus), struck by the bone called the hammer (the malleus) - the smallest mechanism in the body works like a forge.
Word origin
From Old English 'anfilt', meaning literally 'that which is struck' (an- 'on' + a root for beating), a direct native compound rather than a borrowing.
Remember it
ANVIL holds 'AN' and 'VIL' - picture AN eVIL-heavy block that won't budge.
A little poem
It never strikes back-
yet every blade in the town
was born on its silence.
haiku
Wordplay
- There's an anvil inside your ear and an anvil in the forge - so technically you've always heard hammering, you just listen with one.
What it teaches
The anvil shapes everything by absorbing every blow; some strength is just the refusal to flinch.
Quick facts
What does ANVIL mean?
A heavy iron block on which metal is hammered and shaped.
Is ANVIL a valid word?
Yes — ANVIL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ANVIL?
ANVIL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ANVIL come from?
From Old English 'anfilt', meaning literally 'that which is struck' (an- 'on' + a root for beating), a direct native compound rather than a borrowing.
What can ANVIL teach us?
The anvil shapes everything by absorbing every blow; some strength is just the refusal to flinch.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.