English-Italian translations for anvil

• incudine
  Temono di ritrovarsi tra l'incudine e il martello. They again fear finding themselves between the hammer and the anvil.
  Temo che in tal modo gli intergruppi saranno posti tra l'incudine dei collegi elettorali e il martello delle plenarie. And I am afraid that in this way the intergroups will unfortunately be placed between the hammer of plenaries and the anvil of constituencies.

Definition of anvil

• A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped
• An incus bone in the middle ear
• The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed
• To fashion on an anvil (''often used figuratively''

Related words

• anvil cloud
• Glanville fritillary
• Glanvilles Wootton
• between the hammer and the anvil
• diamond anvil cell