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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.