trivet
/ˈtɹɪv.ɪt/
trivet noun: a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
Noun
trivet (plural trivets)
- 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.1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
- A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.
- Synonyms:
- pot stand
- A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile.
trivet meaning in Kannada and Myanmar
trivet in Kannada
- ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲಿ
trivet in Myanmar
- stand with three short legs
- ဖိုခုံလောက် hpuihkumlauk
Synonyms of trivet
Forms of trivet
| plural | trivets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | trevet |
Origin of trivet
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).
Words formed from trivet
Phrases with trivet
Words that rhyme with trivet
Questions about trivet
- What does trivet mean?
- Trivet means a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
- What is trivet in Kannada?
- Trivet in Kannada is ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲಿ. See Trivet meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is trivet?
- Trivet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trivet?
- Trivet is pronounced /ˈtɹɪv.ɪt/.
- What is the plural of trivet?
- The plural of trivet is trivets.
Words near trivet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trivet (page history and authors); trivet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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