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gridiron

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgrɪdaɪərn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgrɪdˌaɪɚn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(grid′ī′ərn)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
grid•i•ron /ˈgrɪdˌaɪɚn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Sporta 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.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
grid•i•ron  (grid′ī′ərn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sporta 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. Show Businessa structure above the stage of a theater, from which hung scenery and the like are manipulated.

v.t. 
  1. to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares.
  • 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 irne, ire iron

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gridiron /ˈɡrɪdˌaɪən/ n
  1. a utensil of parallel metal bars, used to grill meat, fish, etc
  2. any framework resembling this utensil
  3. a framework above the stage in a theatre from which suspended scenery, lights, etc, are manipulated
    • the field of play in American football
    • informal American football
Often shortened to: grid Etymology: 13th Century gredire, perhaps variant (through influence of ire iron) of gredile griddle
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