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Noun: anvil  an-vil
  1. A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
     
  2. The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
    - incus

Derived forms: anvils

Type of: auditory ossicle, block

Part of: forge, middle ear, smithy, tympanic cavity, tympanum

Encyclopedia: Anvil, Michigan