gridiron
Meaning
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- An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
- An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɹɪdaɪən/
Etymology
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.
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