Definition of anvil

"anvil" in the noun sense

1. anvil

a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

2. incus, anvil

the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

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Quotations for anvil

The anvil fears no blows. [ Proverb ]

Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought! [ Longfellow ]

Between the hammer and the anvil.

One must be either anvil or hammer. [ German Proverb ]

When you are anvil, hold you still,
When you are hammer, strike your fill. [ Proverb ]

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth. [ Pindar ]

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. [ French Proverb ]

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

He gives one knock on the iron and two on the anvil. [ Proverb ]

When many strike on an anvil, they must observe order. [ Proverb ]

Art thou anvil, be patient; art thou hammer, strike hard. [ German Proverb ]

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon. [ St Ignatius ]

You must strike in measure when there are many to strike on one anvil. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

To keep a custom, you hammer the anvil still, though you have no iron. [ Proverb ]

When you are an anvil, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [ Boileau ]

The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character. [ J. G. Holland ]

Harsh cousels have little or no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. [ Helvetius ]

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer. [ Josiah Gilbert Holland (pseudonym Timothy Titcomb) ]

anvil in Scrabble®

The word anvil is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters anvil:

VIAL
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VAIN
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word anvil

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In anvil

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anvil in Words With Friends™

The word anvil is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters anvil:

VIAL
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VAIN
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Words within the letters of anvil

2 letter words in anvil (4 words)

3 letter words in anvil (4 words)

4 letter words in anvil (4 words)

5 letter words in anvil (1 word)

anvil + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence anvil

Words that start with anvil (4 words)

Words with anvil in them (1 word)

Words that end with anvil (1 word)

Word Growth involving anvil

Shorter words in anvil

an

Longer words containing anvil

anviled

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