Examples of 'anvil' in a sentence
Meaning of "anvil"
anvil (noun) - An 'anvil' is a heavy iron or steel block with a flat top, typically used as a surface for hammering metal into shape in blacksmithing
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- A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
- The incus bone in the middle ear.
- A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
- The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
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It sounds like an anvil squashing a sack of kittens.
Anvil assembly with frangible retaining member.
I feel like there is an anvil sitting on my chest.
The anvil is where the blacksmith hammers.
Introduction of the anvil of the circular stapler.
The anvil is also wider in a severe storm.
About as solid as an anvil falling on their heads.
The anvil and a hammer in our hands.
Carry out a few impacts on the anvil.
I pulled it out of an anvil that was on a stone in a churchyard.
I will crack their skulls on the anvil.
Merely the anvil of the village smithy.
You just dropped an emotional anvil on my head.
Move anvil until indicator is pointing zero.
Perform a consistency check on the test anvil.
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The anvil is adjacent a staple holding component.
A blacksmith works at his anvil in the foreground.
The cobbler is looking for a new anvil.
Tilt top anvil with torsion spring.
This huge flat rock is his anvil.
An anvil and tongs and hammer.
You are between the hammer and anvil.
Make sure the anvil is clear of dirt or debris.
You must have a skull like an anvil.
Anvil drank all my coffee again.
As drop me from an airplane with an anvil necklace.
I feel like an anvil has been removed from my ankle.
This variant is sometimes called the anvil.
I know what an anvil feels like.
The stapling plate is known as the anvil.
I dropped an anvil on its chest to prevent lung development.
Some cache food in the anvil area.
This use of a makeshift anvil is typical of bipolar percussion.
Saw the furnace and the anvil.
Improved diamond anvil cell allows higher pressures.
I will crack their skullson the anvil.
An anvil and crankshaft in the foreground.
He was the dragonfly on the anvil of destruction.
And new formations are already on the anvil.
Sylvester grabs the anvil at the last moment.
It is difficult to control the material on the anvil.
In most cases the anvil is used as a forging tool.
An anvil is a hard surface on which an object is laid to be struck.
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
The anvil bringing them back.
Varying tissue compression with an anvil configuration.
The anvil outlives the hammer.
I pulled it out of an anvil that was on a stone.
The anvil is almost always the root of a tree.
Nearby were found an anvil block and metal pieces.
