From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtrivettriv‧et /ˈtrɪvɪt/ noun [countable] DFUa metal support used to hold a hot dish
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trivet• The Vision even comes with two baking sheets and an vitreous enamelled roasting tin and trivet.• I carried the green-bean casserole to the dinner table, placing it on a bamboo trivet.• Traditional grill cooking is married to efficiency with the easy-clean grill trivet and pan in vitreous enamel.• The non-stick grilling trivet makes this easier too.• There was a new trivet on the counter with a homely saying in wrought-iron curlicue.• Supplied complete with 4 piece oven liner set, cake tray and enamel meat tin with anti-splash trivet.Origin trivet (1400-1500) Late Latin tripes, from Latin, from tri- + pes “foot” 