An anchor is a hook, attached to a length of chain or rope called a cable, by which a ship or boat can be held temporarily to the seabed in comparatively shallow water.
I-ankile lihuku, eliqhotyoshelwe kubude betsheyina okanye bentsontela ebizwa ngokuba yikheyibhuli, enokuthi imise inqanawa okwethutyana elunxwemeni apho kungekho nzulu.