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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toroidal shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
anchor ring; annulus; doughnut; halo; ring
Context example:
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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