Meaning & use
anvil
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A heavy block of iron or steel with a flat top, on which a blacksmith hammers and shapes hot metal.
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The blacksmith hammered the glowing metal against the anvil.
An old anvil sat rusting in the corner of the barn.
A note on using this word
Anvil is also used figuratively, as in 'the anvil of experience,' to suggest a place where something is toughened or shaped through hardship.
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