{
    "term": "anchor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/an/anchor.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a heavy metal object that is attached to a rope or chain and dropped over the side of a ship or boat to keep it in one place",
            "sensetop": "at anchor",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **drop anchor**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We raised the anchor and set sail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **weighed anchor** *(= pulled it out of the water)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.",
                    "contextForm": "at anchor"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + anchor": ["cast", "drop", "lower"],
                "preposition": ["at anchor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person or thing that gives somebody a feeling of safety",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the anchor of the family"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who presents a live radio or television programme and introduces reports by other people; an anchorman or anchorwoman",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was questioned by an NBC anchor about her trip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "ABC news anchor Peter Jennings"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæŋkə(r)/",
                "audio": "an/anchor/anchor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæŋkər/",
                "audio": "an/anchor/anchor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English ancor, ancra, via Latin from Greek ankura; reinforced in Middle English by Old French ancre. The current form is from anchora, an erroneous Latin spelling. The verb (from Old French ancrer) dates from Middle English."
}