Dictionary Workbench Ondict

trivet

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

trivet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Utensils
triv·et /ˈtrɪvɪt/ noun [countable]  DFUa metal support used to hold a hot dish 〔放置滚烫菜盘的〕金属隔热架
Examples from the Corpus
trivetThe Vision even comes with two baking sheets and an vitreous enamelled roasting tin and trivet.I carried the green-bean casserole to the dinner table, placing it on a bamboo trivet.Traditional grill cooking is married to efficiency with the easy-clean grill trivet and pan in vitreous enamel.The non-stick grilling trivet makes this easier too.There was a new trivet on the counter with a homely saying in wrought-iron curlicue.Supplied complete with 4 piece oven liner set, cake tray and enamel meat tin with anti-splash trivet.
Origin trivet (1400-1500) Late Latin tripes, from Latin, from tri- + pes foot
triv·et nounChineseSyllable
to metal used support a a Corpus hold


trivet
trivet /ˈtrɪvət, ˈtrɪvɪt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Late Latin
 Origin: tripes, from Latin, from tri- + pes 'foot'
a metal support used to hold a hot dish


trivetBrE /ˈtrɪvɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtrɪvɪt/ 🔊 nouna metal stand that you can put a hot dish, etc. on (垫热菜盘等用的)金属架