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].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295736
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295736, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hornbostel-sachs classification → 111.22
    Instance of → physical tool
    Subclass of → metalworking, directly struck idiophone, musical instrument
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007559006805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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