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trivet

noun
/ˈtɹɪv.ɪt/

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).

  1. derived from tripēs — “tripod”
  2. inherited from trefet
  3. inherited from trevet

Definitions

  1. A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.

    • They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.

  2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and…

    A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.

  3. A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile.

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Derived

trivet table

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trivet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA