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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A metal stand with short feet, used under a hot dish on a table.
  • n. A three-legged stand made of metal, used for supporting cooking vessels in a hearth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire
  • n. a stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a hot coaster
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod.
  • n. A weaver's knife. See Trevat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A three-footed stool or stand; a tripod; especially, an iron tripod on which to place cooking-vessels or anything which is to be kept hot by the fire.
  • n. In heraldry, a bearing representing the three-legged iron support used in cooking.
  • n. A knife for cutting the loops of terry fabrics, such as velvets or Wilton carpets, in which the looped warp is formed over wires in the shed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table
  • n. a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stand    base    pedestal   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    trevat   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    praying-stool    þber    pannel    center-table    ambry    triptych    bookend    pikestaff    gallipot    stairway