anvil
an·vil / ˈanvil/ • n. a heavy steel or iron block with a flat top, concave sides, and typically a pointed end, on which metal can be hammered and shaped. ∎ the horizontally extended upper part of a cumulonimbus cloud: [as adj.] anvil clouds. ∎ Anat. another term for incus.
anvil
anvil. Perc. instr., imitating real anvil, used in many works, usually operas. In Das Rheingold Wagner uses 18 in 3 sizes to depict the activity in Nibelheim. In Siegfried Act I, Siegfried splits an anvil with the sword Nothung. Real anvils are used in Il trovatore (Verdi), Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz), Mahler's 6th sym., Bax's 3rd sym., Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, and Britten's The Burning Fiery Furnace.
anvil
anvil
1. The name commonly applied to the tops of those cumulonimbus clouds that spread in the vicinity of the tropopause into a characteristic anvil-like shape with fibrous edges. The rising column of air in the cumulonimbus cloud is checked by the stable stratification of the air above the tropopause.
2. A flat-topped stone against which a bird smashes the shell of a snail in order to eat the soft parts of its prey.
1. The name commonly applied to the tops of those cumulonimbus clouds that spread in the vicinity of the tropopause into a characteristic anvil-like shape with fibrous edges. The rising column of air in the cumulonimbus cloud is checked by the stable stratification of the air above the tropopause.
2. A flat-topped stone against which a bird smashes the shell of a snail in order to eat the soft parts of its prey.
anvil
anvil
anvil Name commonly applied to the tops of those cumulonimbus clouds that spread in the vicinity of the tropopause into a characteristic anvil-like shape with fibrous edges. The rising column of air in the cumulonimbus cloud is checked by the stable stratification of the air above the tropopause.
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