(flat triangular piece at the end of each anchor arm)

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• anchor — anchorable, adj. anchorless, adj. anchorlike, adj. /ang keuhr/, n. 1. any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object,… …   Universalium

• fluke — fluke1 /floohk/, n. 1. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. See diag. under anchor. 2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like. 3. either half of the… …   Universalium

• fluke — I [[t]fluk[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm 2) the barbed head of a harpoon, spear, arrow, etc 3) zool. either half of the triangular tail of a whale • …   From formal English to slang

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