Anchor

Also known as: Fisherman, Admiralty Pattern Anchor

Unicode: U+2693

Description

A metal device, dropped out of a boat to prevent it drifting away from the current location. An anchor also refers to a place on a webpage that may be directly linked to, rather than simply loading a page and requiring a user to scroll to the correct location.

Image Variants

Anchor 3D

3D

Anchor Color

Color

Anchor Flat

Flat

Anchor High Contrast

High Contrast

Version Information

Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:4.1

Keywords

anchorshiptool

Shortcodes

PlatformShortcodeAction
Emojipedia:anchor:
GitHub:anchor:
Slack:anchor:
Discord:anchor:

Additional Information

Category:Miscellaneous Symbols -> Dictionary and map symbols
Definition:

A metal device, dropped out of a boat to prevent it drifting away from the current location. An anchor also refers to a place on a webpage t http://emojipedia.org/anchor/

Adjectives:
  • Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.
  • Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
  • Of or relating to a navy.
Verbs:
  • To traverse or travel by ship on a body of water.
  • To travel by boat.
  • Travel by boat.
  • Traverse or travel on (a body of water)
  • To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
  • Transport by ferry
  • To carry; transport; convey.
Nouns:
  • A ship is a large buoyant watercraft.
  • A larger water vessel
  • Large buoyant watercraft
  • Large water vessel.
  • A vessel that carries passengers or freight
  • A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
  • Ships are large buoyant marine vessels.
  • A boat that by its size, solidity and power is appropriate for long navigations and big marine enterprises.
  • A ferry is a boat or ship used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.
  • A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
  • A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
  • Type of ship