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Anchor
An
anchor
is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a
vessel
to the
bed
of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to
wind
or
current
. The word derives from
Latin
ancora
, which itself comes from the
Greek
ἄγκυρα (
ankura
).
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