gridiron

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

Переводы

graticola

Rost

Bratrost

Schnürboden

parrilla

ızgara

grelha

gril

cintre

rooster

telar

campo de fútbol

σχάρα

σκάρα

κινητή σχάρα

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈɡɹɪdaɪən/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: 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.