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ANCHOR RING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does anchor ring mean?

• ANCHOR RING (noun)
The noun ANCHOR RING has 1 sense:

1. a toroidal shape

Familiarity information: ANCHOR RING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANCHOR RING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A toroidal shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

anchor ring; annulus; anulus; doughnut; halo; ring

Context examples:

a ring of ships in the harbor / a halo of smoke

Hypernyms ("anchor ring" is a kind of...):

toroid (the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anchor ring"):

fairy circle; fairy ring (a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium)

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