"trivet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪv.ɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trivet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trivets [plural], trevet [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪvɪt Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|tréyes|id=}}, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{inh|en|enm|trevet}} Middle English trevet, {{inh|en|ang|trefet}} Old English trefet, {{der|en|la|tripēs|tripēs, tripedis|t=tripod}} Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trivet (plural trivets)
  1. A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire. Translations (stand with three short legs): կասկարա (kaskara) (Armenian), пирости́я (pirostíja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), трино́жник (trinóžnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဖိုခုံလောက် (hpuihkumlauk) (Burmese), trespeus [masculine] (Catalan), sug-ang (Cebuano), třínožka [feminine] (Czech), trojnožka [feminine] (Czech), kolmijalka (Finnish), trépied [masculine] (French), trepia [feminine] (Galician), trespés [masculine] (Galician), πυροστιά (pyrostiá) [feminine] (Greek), háromlábú állvány (Hungarian), 五徳 (gotoku) (Japanese), пирустија (pirustija) [feminine] (Macedonian), trevet (Middle English), terpid [Guernsey, masculine] (Norman), trójnóg [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), tripé [masculine] (Portuguese), trempe (Portuguese), тага́н (tagán) [masculine] (Russian), трено́жник (trenóžnik) [masculine] (Russian), тро̀ножац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тро̀ног [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trònožac [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trònog [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trébede [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), trébedes [feminine, masculine, plural] (Spanish), trefot [common-gender] (Swedish), üçayak (Turkish), trybedd [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster. Synonyms: pot stand Translations (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table): pannunalunen (Finnish), dessous-de-plat [masculine] (French), edényalátét (Hungarian), trójnóg [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), descanso [masculine] (Portuguese), подста́вка (podstávka) [feminine] (Russian), salvamanteles [masculine] (Spanish), grytunderlägg [neuter] (Swedish), karottunderlägg [neuter] (Swedish), nihale (Turkish)
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  3. A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile. Synonyms: trevat, trevette, truvat
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: trivet table Related terms: right as a trivet, coaster

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      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "podstávka",
      "sense": "stand to support hot dishes and protect the table",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подста́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "stand to support hot dishes and protect the table",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salvamanteles"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "stand to support hot dishes and protect the table",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grytunderlägg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "stand to support hot dishes and protect the table",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "karottunderlägg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "stand to support hot dishes and protect the table",
      "word": "nihale"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trivet"
}

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  "msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
  "path": [
    "trivet"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "trivet",
  "trace": ""
}

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