Definitions for gridiron

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gridiron grid·i·ron

Spelling: [grid-ahy-ern]

IPA: /ˈgrɪdˌaɪ ərn/

Gridiron is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in gridiron (dgiinorr).

Definitions for gridiron

noun

1. a football field.
2. a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food.
3. any framework or network resembling a gridiron.
4. a structure above the stage of a theater, from which hung scenery and the like are manipulated.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares.

Origin of gridiron

1250-1300; Middle English gridirne, gridir(e), gridere, variant of gridel griddle; variants in -irne, -ire, etc. are associated by folk etymology with ModE variant

Examples for gridiron

Cut out the stems, and put them, with the top of the mushrooms downwards, on a gridiron.

He has all his housework there, a broom and a duster, and I dare say he has a cooking-stove and a gridiron.

Back then, every single newspaper, website, and news show (even the fake news shows) was awash in gridiron scandal.

How an economist views the game and the evidence from XLVII years on the gridiron.

Put them on a gridiron that has been well rubbed with sweet butter.

The gridiron of Saint Lawrence is of an agreeable freshness to him.

Doing well at the gridiron is a rite of passage that not everybody survives.

But if you think the gridiron arts can shake up the grey matter, try the prize ring.

This opponent is like no other Rodgers has to face on the gridiron.

Cold potatoes may be fried in slices or quarters, or broiled on a gridiron.