trivet

• trevet

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪ.vɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvɪt

trivet (plural trivets)

1. 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.

2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, 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.<ref>1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

   Synonyms: trevat, trevette, truvat

• right as a trivet
• coaster

trivet

1. Alternative form of trevet

trivet n

1. definite singular of triv