How to pronounce anchor
American English pronunciation
ANG-ker
- IPA
- /ˈæŋkɚ/
- Syllables
- ANG · ker (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What anchor means
Most people know anchor in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The main person who reads the news on a TV show
In a sentence: The anchor smiled into the camera and read the first news story of the night.
Where it comes from: It is the same word as a ship's anchor, which came to English from Greek through Latin. The news sense is a short way of saying anchorman or anchorwoman.
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