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trivet

[ UK /tɹˈa‍ɪvɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table
  2. a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth

How To Use trivet In A Sentence

  • On and around them are all sorts of spits, racks, trivets, pans, kettles, cauldrons and hot plates, all fashioned out of black cast iron.
  • A it's insolated, so it holds the tea hot, or you can place it on a tea-candle trivet. Vintage Silver: Is It Worth the Trouble?
  • On and around them are all sorts of spits, racks, trivets, pans, kettles, cauldrons and hot plates, all fashioned out of black cast iron.
  • We use cast iron teapots on trivets, and this both intensifies the unique flavors and creates an atmospheric experience.
  • Leftover natural corks have all sorts of uses: they make attractive trivets and other kitchen decorations, and can be composted if you wish to do that. Vent your spleen: synthetic corks! | Dr Vino's wine blog
  • Satisfied, she turned back to Lucky and motioned towards a steaming kettle sitting on an iron trivet on top of the wood stove.
  • The noise of footsteps on the creaking stairs, a few minutes after the occurrence of this conversation, roused the merry old gentleman as he sat over the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his hand; a pocket – knife in his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet. Oliver Twist
  • The kettle remained almost permanently on the trivet.
  • And he hath indignation thereof, and putteth away the wedge despiteously and right fiercely, and then the wedge falleth and smiteth him harder than it did before, and he striveth so long with the wedge, until his feeble head doth fail by oft smiting of the wedge, and then he falleth down upon the pricks and stakes, and slayeth himself in that wise. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus
  • You could also use a large pan and balance a flat trivet on an empty can inside it (cut out the top and bottom of the can). MOON PASSAGE
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