gridiron
pronunciation
How to pronounce gridiron in British English:
UK [ˈgrɪdaɪən]
How to pronounce gridiron in American English:
US [ˈgrɪdaɪərn]
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- Noun:
- a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
- the playing field on which football is played
Word Origin
- gridiron (n.)
- cooking utensil for broiling over a fire, early 14c., griderne, alteration (by association with iron) of gridire (late 13c.), a variant of gridil (see griddle). Confusion of "l" and "r" was common in Norman dialect. Also a medieval instrument of torture by fire. As the word for a U.S. football field, by 1896, for its lines.
Example
- 1. To mark or emboss with a gridiron .
- 2. Grill --- to broil on a gridiron .
- 3. In a speech at the gridiron dinner last month in washington , the president said he admired all of the potential republican candidates , but added , " I 'm a little biased toward my dear , dear friend jon huntsman . "
- 4. Bush surprised cabinet secretaries , diplomatic officials and journalists at the annual gridiron dinner by taking the stage and giving the first public singing performance of his eight-year presidency , which ends in january 2009 .
- 5. They laid the prisoner on the gridiron .