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noun. A heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering.

noun. Something resembling an anvil, as in shape or function.

noun. The fixed jaw in a set of calipers against which an object to be measured is placed.

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noun. An iron block with a smooth face, usually of steel, on which metals are hammered and shaped.

noun. Figuratively, anything on which blows are struck.

noun. In anatomy, one of the small bones of the ear, the incus (which see). See cuts under ear and tympanic.

noun. In firearms, the resisting cone, plate, or bar against which the fulminate in a metallic cartridge is exploded. Wilhelm, Mil. Dict.

noun. Milit., a small pennon on the end of a lance.

To form or shape on an anvil.

transitive verb. To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out.

noun. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.

noun. Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.

noun. to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured.

noun. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

noun. An incus bone in the inner ear.

noun. a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

noun. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

"In lieu of Baum’s timeless story, the bulk of the movie finds the star in anvil-subtle slapstick situations: getting stung in the rear by animated bees, being spit upon by a duck, falling down a hole, not realizing the phony Cowardly Lion was replaced by a real beast, etc."

hammer  ossicle  plattner's anvil  stirrup  to be on the anvil  

auditory ossicle  block  

chisel  crowbar  forge  hammer  loom  

Eustachian tube  alembic  auditory apparatus  auditory canal  auditory meatus