Meaning

3 senses
  1. A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.

    тага́нtagán, трено́жникtrenóžnik

    a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth

  2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.

    подста́вкаpodstávka

    a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table

  3. A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Be cautious with hot pots and pans; use trivets to protect the counter.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
stand with three short legs:
stand to support hot dishes and protect the table:

Forms

plural: trivets
Singulartrivet
Pluraltrivets

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
pot standtrevattrevettetruvat

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcoaster

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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