An anchor is a device that attaches to the sea bottom to prevent a boat from drifting. Anchor may also refer to:

Devices

* Sea anchor, a device to slow the drift of a vessel without use of the seabed * Earth anchor, a device to support structures, used in geotechnical and construction applications *

Anchor bolt Anchor bolts are used to connect structural and non-structural elements to concrete.. The connection can be made by a variety of different components: anchor bolts (also named fasteners), steel plates, or stiffeners. Anchor bolts transfer diffe ...

, to attach objects or structures to concrete * Anchor (climbing), used in rock climbing * Anchor plate, to strengthen buildings * Anchor, part of a microdermal implant in body modification * Anchor escapement, a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks *

Screw anchor A screw and a bolt (see '' Differentiation between bolt and screw'' below) are similar types of fastener typically made of metal and characterized by a helical ridge, called a ''male thread'' (external thread). Screws and bolts are used to fa ...

, to secure a screw in a brittle material * Boat anchor (metaphor), a colloquial term for outdated equipment * Digital anchor, uses GPS and electronic compass to hold a boat's position

Places

Anchor, Illinois Anchor is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 163 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Anchor is in eastern McLean County, south of Illinoi ...

, US * Anchor, Kentucky, US *

Anchor, Shropshire Anchor is a remote hamlet in southwest Shropshire, England. The hamlet is the most westerly place in Shropshire. Geography Anchor lies only 400 metres away from the border with Wales. The B4368 road runs through the hamlet on its way between the ...

, a village in England * Anchor, Texas, US

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Anchor'' (Autumn Hill album), 2015 * ''Anchor'' (Colton Dixon album), 2014 * ''Anchor'' (EP), by Birds of Tokyo, 2015 ** "Anchor" (Birds of Tokyo song), 2015 * ''Anchor'' (Trespassers William album), 1999 * "Anchor" (Cave In song), 2003 * ''Anchors'' (Will Hoge album), 2017 * ''Anchors'', a 2013 album by

I Am Empire I Am Empire is an American rock band from San Jose, California. Formed in 2008, the band currently consists of Austin Lyons (lead vocals) and Joshua Case (bass and vocals). The band's first label release, ''Kings'', was released by Tooth & Nail R ...

* "Anchor", a song by Lifehouse from ''

Stanley Climbfall ''Stanley Climbfall'' is the second studio album by American rock band Lifehouse. It was released on September 17, 2002, through DreamWorks Records. Produced by Ron Aniello, who also produced the band's first record, '' No Name Face'' (2000), th ...

'', 2002 * "Anchor", a song by Crossfade from '' Falling Away'', 2006 * "Anchor", a song by Skillet from '' Victorious'', 2019

Film

* ''Anchor'' (film), a South Korean film

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Anchor, a hammerhead shark character in ''

Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...

'' * ''The Anchor'' (newspaper), a newspaper for the Rhode Island College campus * Anchor Bible Series * Anchor Monument (Matveev Kurgan), Russia * Anchor, an electronic captions system that

BBC Television BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 193 ...

used in the 1970s and 1980s * News anchor, also known as a news presenter * Plot anchor, a type of story-line plot device

Brands and enterprises

Anchor (brand) Anchor is a brand of dairy products that was founded in New Zealand in 1886, and is one of the key brands owned by the New Zealand based international exporter Fonterra Co-operative Group. In Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, Fonterra uses th ...

, New Zealand dairy products *

Anchor (housing association) Anchor was England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing, care and support to people over 55 years old up until November 2018 when Anchor merged with Hanover Housing Association to form Anchor Hanover Group, the largest provider of speci ...

, housing and care provider for older people, UK * Anchor (New Haven bar), a bar and restaurant in downtown New Haven *

Anchor Bankside The Anchor is a pub in the London Borough of Southwark. It is in the Bankside locality on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station. A tavern establishment (under various names) has been at the p ...

, a pub in London *

Anchor Books Vintage Books is a trade paperback publishing imprint of Penguin Random House originally established by Alfred A. Knopf in 1954. The company was purchased by Random House in April 1960, and a British division was set up in 1990. After Random Hous ...

, an imprint of Random House * Anchor Brewing Company and Anchor Distilling Co., an American alcoholic beverage producer * Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd., an Indian electrical device manufacturing subsidiary of Panasonic * Anchor Hocking, glass company *

Anchor Inc. Anchor Inc. (アンカー株式会社 ''Ankā kabushikigaisha'') is a Tokyo-based company specializing in renewable energy and software development. The company was established in 1996 by '' Tekken'' team alumni Masahiro Onoguchi and his brother K ...

, a video game developer * Anchor Inn, Birmingham, England * Anchor Records, a record label * Anchor Stone Blocks, a brand of German stone blocks

Other uses

* Anchor baby, a term for a child born in the US to illegal immigrants or other non-citizens * Anchor leg, the final runner in a track relay race *

Anchor store In retail, an "anchor tenant", sometimes called an "anchor store", "draw tenant", or "key tenant", is a considerably larger tenant in a shopping mall, often a department store or retail chain. They are typically located at the ends of malls. Wit ...

, a main tenant in a shopping mall * Anchor telephone exchange, an underground telephone exchange in England * HTML anchor, the source and destination of a web hyperlink, specified by the HTML element *

Reserve currency A reserve currency (or anchor currency) is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign exchange reserves. The reserve currency can be used in international tran ...

, or anchor currency