anchor chain

1. 1.

   the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel

   Synonymsanchor rope

   Broaderchain

Questions about anchor chain

What does anchor chain mean?

anchor chain means "the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel".

What is another word for anchor chain?

Close synonyms include anchor rope. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anchor chain a common word?

anchor chain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.