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tripods

tripods is the plural of tripod.

tripods is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tripod.

Meaning of tripod

Noun

tripod (plural tripods)

  1. A three-legged stand or mount.
    • Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.
  2. An organism with three limbs.
  3. A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
    Synonyms:
    fighting-machine, Thing
  4. (humorous, slang) Someone with a very large penis.

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Questions about tripods

What is tripods the plural of?
Tripods is the plural of tripod.

Words near tripods in the dictionary

  1. tripodic
  2. tripodical
  3. tripodies
  4. tripoding
  5. Tripodis
  6. tripods
  7. tripody
  8. tripoidal
  9. tripoint
  10. tripointed
  11. tripoints

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