anvil

anvil is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
2. noun. Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.
3. noun. the incus. See Incus.
4. transitive verb. To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
5. noun. a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
6. noun. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

   Synonyms: incus

Synonyms

incus

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in anvil:

alvin, nival, vilna, vinal

Common word forms

anvils, anviled, anviling, anvilled, anvilling

Words from these letters

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