trivet
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English trefet, from Latin tripūs (“tripod”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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 hot coaster
- A weaver's knife. See trevat.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
stand with three short legs
stand to support hot dishes and protect the table
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