Anchor (disambiguation)

Anchor may refer to:

Devices

Anchor, a device that attaches to the sea bottom to prevent a boat from drifting
Anchor bolt, to attach objects or structures to concrete
Anchor (climbing), used in rock climbing
Anchor plate, to strengthen buildings
Microdermal anchor, body modification
Screw anchor, to secure a screw in a brittle material
Sea anchor, to slow the drift of a vessel, when it cannot anchor to the bottom
Boat anchor, a colloquial term for outdated equipment

Anchor Books, an imprint of Random House
Anchor Brewing Company and its subsidiary, Anchor Distilling Co., an American alcoholic beverage producer
Anchor Hocking Glass Company
Anchor Inc., a video game developer
Anchor (brand), dairy products from New Zealand company Fonterra, also known as Fernleaf
Anchor Records, a record label
Anchor Stone Blocks, a brand of German stone blocks
Anchor Trust, housing and care provider for older people, UK

Anchor, Illinois
Anchor, Shropshire, a village in England
Anchor, Texas
Anchor Island, is an island in the Southland district of New Zealand
Anchor Island (Nunavut), Canada
Anchor Bankside, the London public house from which diarist Samuel Pepys saw the Great Fire of London in 1666

Anchoring, in psychology, sticking to a given reference point
Anchoring (NLP), in neuro-linguistic programming, the process by which memory recall, state change or other responses become associated with (anchored to) some stimulus

Anchorman and anchorwoman, North American synonyms for a news presenter
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a 2004 comedy film
Anchor (album) (1999), by Trespassers William
Anchor store, a main tenant in a shopping mall
Anchor (relay), the competitor of the last leg in a relay race
HTML anchor, the source and destination of a web hyperlink, specified by the <a> HTML element
Plot anchor or plot hook, a type of story-line plot device or plot generator
Anchor baby, an allegedly pejorative term used to refer to a child born in the United States to illegal immigrants or other non-citizens
Anchor Baby, a 2010 Nigerian drama film
Anchor Exchange an underground telephone exchange