Associations to the word «Gridiron»
Noun
- Sport
- Horseman
- Attribute
- Meat
- Team
- Buttons
- Winnipeg
- Michigan
- Yard
- Harrison
- Tiger
- Passing
- Flour
- Bomber
- Kick
- Marker
- Baseball
- Lodge
- Bacon
- Dry
- Australia
- Williams
- Yale
- Cook
- Offense
- Field
- Adelaide
- Club
- Basketball
- Georgia
- Hayes
- Bread
- Roosevelt
- Patron
- Rod
- Precision
- Code
- Slide
- Squad
- Clock
- Antiquity
- Scar
- Victoria
- Junior
- Stadium
- Fantasy
- Honor
- Hockey
- Game
- Smoking
- Conference
- Secret
Adjective
Wiktionary
GRIDIRON, noun. An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire. [from 13th c.]
GRIDIRON, noun. An iron rack or grate used for broiling flesh and fish over coals. [from 14th c.]
GRIDIRON, noun. Any object resembling the rack or grate. [from 15th c.]
GRIDIRON, noun. (nautical) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
GRIDIRON, noun. (American football) The field on which American football is played. [from 19th c.]
GRIDIRON, noun. (uncountable) American football.
GRIDIRON, noun. (Australia and New Zealand) A generic term for American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
Dictionary definition
GRIDIRON, noun. A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat.
GRIDIRON, noun. The playing field on which football is played.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.