anvils
Heavy forging surfaces
Anvils is the plural of anvil, a heavy iron or steel block with a flat top and pointed horn, used by blacksmiths as a surface for shaping heated metal with hammer blows.
The anvil's weight and solidity make it a symbol of immovability: The decision dropped like an anvil.
In cartoons, falling anvils became a staple of slapstick violence.
Furnace for shaping metal
- hammerTool for striking nails
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- metalworkShaped metal objects
- ironElement twenty-six
steel · tongs · quenching · tempering · workbench · farrier · bladesmith · foundry
Middle ear ossicle
- stapesInner ear ossicle
- malleusHammer-shaped hearing bone
- ossicleDiminutive skeletal element
- middle earSound-conducting body chamber
Fictional supplier of backfiring contraptions
- Road RunnerSwift blue bird
- fallingMoving downward freely
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
Wile E. Coyote · Looney Tunes · comedy · suspended · drop
Towering storm-producing cloud
- thunderheadTall storm-producing cloud
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- updraftUpward air movement
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
supercell · precipitation · hail · towering · mesocyclone
forge
Furnace for shaping metal
- hammerTool for striking nails
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- metalworkShaped metal objects
iron · steel · tongs · quenching · tempering · workbench · farrier · bladesmith · foundry · hardy
incus
Middle ear ossicle
middle ear · hearing · eardrum · cochlea · tympanic · auditory · otology
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Fictional supplier of backfiring contraptions
- Road RunnerSwift blue bird
- fallingMoving downward freely
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
Wile E. Coyote · Looney Tunes · crushing · comedy · suspended · drop
cumulonimbus
Towering storm-producing cloud
- thunderheadTall storm-producing cloud
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- updraftUpward air movement
thunderstorm · supercell · precipitation · hail · towering · mesocyclone
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
- iron itemshorseshoes, skillets, Dutch ovens, griddles, andirons
- blacksmithingforge, forges, bellows, tongs, hammer
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze tools, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- Stone Agecave painting, paleolithic, hand ax, handaxes, hand axe
anvilsfeathers
Bird's lightweight covering
balloons · bubbles · dandelion fluff · thistledown · cotton balls
- hammer and anvilMetalworking striking setup
- anvil dropHeavy object released downward
- anvil cloudsFlat-topped storm formations