Contact and joining
Synonyms for anchor
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
fix firmly and stably
Anchor the lamppost in concrete.
The true synonym
ground
Same sentence, swapped: Ground the lamppost in concrete.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for anchor as it is used in the sentence above.
- zip
- rig
- dock
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