Anchor (disambiguation)

An anchor is a device that attaches to the sea bottom to prevent a boat from drifting.

Anchor may also refer to:

Devices

Sea anchor, a device to slow the drift of a vessel without use of the seabed
Earth anchor, a device to support structures, used in geotechnical and construction applications
Anchor bolt, to attach objects or structures to concrete
Anchor (climbing), used in rock climbing
Anchor plate, to strengthen buildings
Anchor, part of a microdermal implant in body modification
Anchor escapement, a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks
Screw anchor, to secure a screw in a brittle material
Boat anchor (metaphor), a colloquial term for outdated equipment
Digital anchor, uses GPS and electronic compass to hold a boat's position

Anchor, a hammerhead shark character in Finding Nemo
The Anchor (newspaper), a newspaper for the Rhode Island College campus
Anchor Bible Series
Anchor Monument (Matveev Kurgan), Russia
Anchor, an electronic captions system that BBC Television used in the 1970s and 1980s
News anchor, also known as a news presenter
Plot anchor, a type of story-line plot device

Anchor (brand), New Zealand dairy products
Anchor (housing association), housing and care provider for older people, UK
Anchor (New Haven bar), a bar and restaurant in downtown New Haven
The Anchor, Bankside, a pub in London
Anchor Books, an imprint of Random House
Anchor Brewing Company and Anchor Distilling Co., an American alcoholic beverage producer
Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd., an Indian electrical device manufacturing subsidiary of Panasonic
Anchor Hocking, glass company
Anchor Inc., a video game developer
Anchor Inn, Birmingham, England
Anchor Records, a record label
Anchor Stone Blocks, a brand of German stone blocks

Anchor baby, a term for a child born in the US to undocumented immigrants or other non-citizens
Anchor leg, the final runner in a track relay race
Anchor store, a main tenant in a shopping mall
Anchor telephone exchange, an underground telephone exchange in England
HTML anchor, the source and destination of a web hyperlink, specified by the <a> HTML element
Reserve currency, or anchor currency