ANCHOR RING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A toroidal shape

Example:

a halo of smoke

Synonyms:

anchor ring; annulus; doughnut; halo; ring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("anchor ring" is a kind of...):

toroid (the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anchor ring"):

fairy circle; fairy ring (a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium)