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noun
An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
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noun
Any object resembling the rack or grate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
The field on which American football is played.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable
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verb
To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross.
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verb
To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, historical
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noun
the playing field on which football is played
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: football field
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Broader terms: playing field, athletic field, playing area, field
noun
a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grid
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Broader terms: cooking utensil, cookware
History
From Middle English gridirne, gredirne, gredyron, gredeyron, grydern, grydyryne, girdirin, girderen, variants of Middle English gredire, gredyre, itself an alteration of Middle English gridel (“griddle”). The ending was assimilated to iron, as if from grid + iron, whence grid was later derived.
From resembling the shape of a gridiron (a square rectilinear grid).
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
