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gridiron
[ grid-ahy-ern ]
noun
- a football field.
- a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food.
- any framework or network resembling a gridiron.
- a structure above the stage of a theater, from which hung scenery and the like are manipulated.
verb (used with object)
- to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares.
gridiron
/ ˈɡɪˌɪə /
noun
- a utensil of parallel metal bars, used to grill meat, fish, etc
- any framework resembling this utensil
- a framework above the stage in a theatre from which suspended scenery, lights, etc, are manipulated
- the field of play in American football
- an informal name for American football
- ( as modifier )
a gridiron hero
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gridiron1
Example Sentences
But what tempted Watt to sink some of the fortune he made from a stellar gridiron career into Burnley?
Travis Kelce will be hoping to win his fourth Super Bowl ring and he may retire if he does – certain in the knowledge he will go down as one of the great gridiron players.
On any given Sunday, a growing crowd of UK gridiron fans are glued to their TVs watching the superstars of American football go toe to toe on the long road to the Super Bowl.
They all play multiple sports, building connections all year long beyond the gridiron.
Coach Adrian Beltran raised the trophy proudly before handing it over to his players to celebrate the historic accomplishment — the Pythons’ lone gridiron crown since the school opened in 2006.
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