trivet

English
A replica of a 19th-century trivet

Alternative forms

Etymology
PIE word
*tréyes

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪ.vɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪvɪt

Noun

trivet (plural trivets)

  1. 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.
  2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, 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.[1]
    Synonyms: trevat, trevette, truvat

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References
  1. Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Trivet”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

trivet

  1. Alternative form of trevet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trivet n

  1. definite singular of triv
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