Usually means: Stand for holding hot dishes.
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  1. trivet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. trivet: Merriam-Webster
  3. trivet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. trivet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. trivet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. trivet: Vocabulary.com
  7. Trivet, trivet: Wordnik
  8. trivet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. trivet: Wiktionary
  10. trivet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. trivet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. trivet: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. trivet: Dictionary.com
  14. trivet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Trivet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Trivet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. trivet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. trivet: Rhymezone
  19. Trivet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. trivet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Trivet: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. trivet: FreeDictionary.org
  23. trivet: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. trivet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. trivet: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Trivet: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms (No longer online)
  2. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
noun:  A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.
noun:  A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile.

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