grapnel anchor

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   a light anchor for small boats

   Synonymsgrapnel

   Broaderanchor

Questions about grapnel anchor

What does grapnel anchor mean?

grapnel anchor means "a light anchor for small boats".

What is another word for grapnel anchor?

Close synonyms include grapnel. 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 grapnel anchor a common word?

grapnel anchor 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.