anker
pronunciation
How to pronounce anker in British English:
UK ['æŋkə]
How to pronounce anker in American English:
US ['æŋkə]
Word Origin
- anker (n.)
- also anchor, liquid measure in North Sea and Baltic trade, early 14c., from Dutch, related to German Anker, Swedish ankare, Medieval Latin anceria "keg, vat," which is of unknown origin. That of Rotterdam, once used in England, equaled 10 old wine or 8.5 imperial gallons.
Example
- 1. But the one thing anker had expected to find wasn 't there .
- 2. Conrad anker traverses an alpine ridge deep in the waddington range on mount combatant , coastal range in british columbia , canada