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noun a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth
noun a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table
originPIE word *tréyes From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).
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