ทั่ง(tâng)
Meanings
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anvil
a heavy iron or steel block used as a surface for hammering and shaping metal; a blacksmith’s anvil
Examples
ช่างตีเหล็กchâng dtee lèkช่างตีเหล็กchâng dtee lèkblacksmith; ironsmithวางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)เหล็กlèkเหล็กlèk1iron (metal)2rebar; steel bar3iron (golf club)4steel; reinforcing bar5iron (clothes-pressing device)ร้อนrónร้อนrón1hot (temperature)2spicy (taste)3[to] be hot; become hot; heat (sth) up4urgent; intense5hot (season/weather)แดงdaengแดงdaeng1red (color)2[to] turn red; blush3red color4red-shirt; pro-democracy (Thai political context)5[to] be exposed; come to lightลงบนlong bonลงบนlong bononto; upon (onto a surface)ทั่งtângทั่งtânganvilแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ค่อยkôiค่อยkôi1gradually; little by little2gently; softly3not very; hardly (with negation)4then; later; only afterๆ-ตีdteeตีdtee1[to] swat; smack (insects/objects)2[to] forge; hammer (metal)3[to] print; stamp; imprint4[to] estimate; reckon; guess (roughly)5[to] interpret; construe; take as6[to] chase away; drive off7o'clock (ตี + number, night hours)8[to] hit; strike; beat9[to] play (percussion); strike (a gong/drum)ขึ้นรูปkêun rôopขึ้นรูปkêun rôop[to] form; [to] mold/shape (manufacturing/craft)
The blacksmith placed the red-hot iron on the anvil and slowly hammered it into shape.