Anvil (disambiguation)

An anvil is a tool used by metalworkers such as blacksmiths.

Anvil or The Anvil may also refer to:

Anatomy

• Anvil (bone), bone in the ear

Business

• Anvil Mining, copper producing corporation
• Anvil Knitwear, century-old brand acquired by Gildan Activewear

Media & entertainment

• North Carolina Anvil, alternative weekly newspaper
• The Anvil (magazine), American political magazine of the 1930s
• Anvil the Rhino, Ace Lightning character
• Anvil (game engine), video game engine

Medicine

• Anvil (insecticide), used against mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus
• Anvil (pesticide), used against fleas and ticks

Music

• The Anvil (album), by British pop band Visage (1982), includes the eponymous song
• Anvil (band), heavy metal band
  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil, documentary about the band (2008)

Persons

• Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (1955-2018), wrestler
• Christopher Anvil (1925–2009), pseudonym of writer Harry C. Crosby

Places

• Anvil City, former name of Nome, Alaska
• Anvil, Michigan, unincorporated community, United States
• Anvil, Ohio, unincorporated community, United States
• Anvil, Oklahoma, ghost town, United States
• Anvil Island, British Columbia, Canada
• The Anvil, Basingstoke, theatre and concert hall in Basingstoke, England
• The Anvil (gay club) (1974–86), in New York City

Other

• ANVIL, term for CAD software encompassing ANVIL EXPRESS, ANVIL-5000 and ANVIL-1000MD
• Anvil cloud or anvil dome, part of many cumulonimbus clouds
• Anvil, part of the military tactic hammer and anvil
• Part of a stapler
• El Yunque (organization) (Spanish for The Anvil), Mexican secret society
• Anvil, a Python platform for developing web applications

See also

• Operation Anvil (disambiguation)
• Anwil, municipality in Sissach, Switzerland