gridiron

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
2. An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.

Verb

1. To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross.
2. (New-Zealand, historical) To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders.

Concetti

graticola

gratella

griglia

grill

inferriata

ferri

bistecchiera

campo da football americano

sinonimi

grill

fly-loft

fly

✈️

football field

grid

grate

broiler

rack

side line

side track

siding

sieve

spider

🕷️

side stream

side draw

barbecue

gridiron pendulum

cascade

grating

lateral line

lattice

roaster

screener

shaker

Traduzioni

Rost

Bratrost

parrilla

telar

ızgara

Schnürboden

gril

cintre

rooster

grelha

campo de fútbol

σκάρα

κινητή σχάρα

σχάρα

εσχάρα

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɡɹɪdaɪən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: gridirne

In summary

From Middle English gridirne, gredirne, gredyron, gredeyron, grydern, grydyryne, girdirin, girderen, variants of Middle English gredire, gredyre, itself an alteration of Middle English gridel (“griddle”). The ending was assimilated to iron, as if from grid + iron, whence grid was later derived.