anvil
metalworking tool
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Summary
anvil is a physical tool[1]. anvil draws 3,004 Wikipedia views per month (physical tool category, ranking #6 of 27).[2]
Key Facts
- Made from material: steel[3], iron[4]
- Subclass of: metalworking[5], directly struck idiophone[6], musical instrument[7]
- Has use: metalworking[8]
- Commons category: Anvils[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Anvils[10]
- Commons gallery: Anvil[11]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (1908-1930)[14]
- Used by: blacksmith[15]
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 111.22[16]
- Different from: anvil[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for anvil include incus[19], a class of anatomical entity[20] and Silver Anvil Award[21], an award[22], in United States[23], founded in 1944[24].
Why It Matters
anvil has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] anvil is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for anvil include incus[19], a class of anatomical entity[20] and Silver Anvil Award[21], an award[22], in United States[23], founded in 1944[24].