trivet
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
PIE word |
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*tréyes |
From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).
Pronunciation
Noun
trivet (plural trivets)
- A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
- 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
- They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.
- 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
- A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.
- A weaver's knife. See trevat[1].
Translations
stand with three short legs
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stand to support hot dishes and protect the table
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References
- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Trivet”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
See also
Middle English
Noun
trivet
- Alternative form of trevet
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
trivet n
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