Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dropped anchor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
dropped an-chor
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does dropped anchor mean?
simple past and past participle of drop anchor

How to pronounce dropped anchor

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