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# anvil

«anvil» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A heavy iron block with a flat top on which a blacksmith…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an anvil, anvils)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A heavy iron block with a flat top on which a blacksmith hammers hot metal into shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#m1)

2) A tiny bone in the middle ear, also called the incus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#m2)

3) (weather) The flat, spreading top of a big thundercloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means the block on which a metalworker hammers an idol into shape. Interpretation: Isaiah mocks the craftsmen who encourage each other as they make a god out of metal that has to be nailed down so it will not fall. In the primary lessons: In history and stories the anvil belongs to blacksmiths, who hammer horseshoes and swords on it. In science lessons the ear has three tiny bones: hammer, anvil and stirrup. In cartoons an anvil often falls on a character's head. Phrases: «hammer and anvil», «anvil cloud».

### examples

- So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering: 'It is good'; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. (Prophets ISA.41.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x1)
- The blacksmith hammered the red-hot horseshoe on the anvil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x2)
- Clang! went the hammer on the anvil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x3)
- The anvil is one of the three tiny bones in your ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x4)
- A storm cloud with an anvil top can bring thunder and hail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x5)
- In the cartoon an anvil fell on the coyote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x6)
- An anvil is so heavy that it doesn't move when you hit it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x7)
- Cursed be the smith who forged it, and the anvil on which it was wrought!’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/#x8)

### note

Countable, use «an»: an anvil. Stress: AN-vil.

### In the corpora

- [The tuskfish carries a clam in its mouth and smashes it on a rock, using the rock as an anvil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anvil» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anvil/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.