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Webster 1913 Edition
Trivet
Triv′et
,Noun.
1.
A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod.
[Written also
trevet
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Trivet
TRIV'ET
,Noun.
Definition 2024
trivet
trivet
English
trivet, 19th century replica
Noun
trivet (plural trivets)
- a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire
- 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
- They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.
- 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
- a stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a hot coaster
- A weaver's knife. See trevat.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Translations
stand with three short legs
stand to support hot dishes and protect the table
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