trivet

Meaning

1. A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat 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.

Synonyms

tripod

table mat

hot pad

andiron

tribrach

spider

🕷️

hearthstone

cooking stone

velvet knife

trivette

trivat

trevet

Translations

trépied

dessous-de-plat

Dreifuß

dessous de plat

salvamantel

trípode

πυροστάτης

τρίπους

chevrette

🧒

tripode

treppiedi

tripode

tripé

trípode

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹɪ.vɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: trevet

Inherited from Old English: trefet

In summary

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