Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weather anchor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: weath-er an-chor
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The anchor lying to windward.

noun

A television presenter who presents the weather forecast.

American usage

Example Sentences

"[…] the weather anchor is likelier to go clear of the ship than the lee one […]"

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

weather anchors (plural)

Questions

What does weather anchor mean?: The anchor lying to windward.

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