Meaning

4 senses
  1. A three-legged stand or mount.

    Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.

    Dreifuß, Dreibeinstativ, Dreibein

    трено́гаtrenóga, трено́жникtrenóžnik, штати́вštatív

    трині́жокtrynížok, трині́жкаtrynížka, штати́вštatýv

    a three-legged rack used for support

  2. An organism with three limbs.

  3. A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).

  4. (humorous, slang)Someone with a very large penis.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Tom bought a camera and tripod.

    deTom hat sich eine Kamera und ein Stativ gekauft.

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  2. Which tripod do you want to buy?

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  3. I've been looking for my tripod.

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  4. Your tripod is in my office.

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  5. Sami's camera was on a tripod.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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a three-legged stand or mount:
Русский
By meaning 1
a three-legged stand or mount:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a three-legged stand or mount:

Forms

plural: tripods
Singulartripod
Pluraltripods

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
ThingA1fighting-machine

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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