Synonyms for tripod
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : trahy-pod |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪ pɒd |
Définition of tripod
Origin :- c.1600, "three-legged vessel," from Latin tripus (genitive tripodis), from Greek tripous (genitive tripodos) "a three-legged stool or table," literally "three-footed," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + pous (genitive podos) "foot" (see foot).
- As in easel : noun stand
- He left the pot on a tripod on a bed of coals, ready for use.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- A searchlight was on a tripod at the center, and a spool of electric cable.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- He was carrying a piece of machinery that looked like a camera on a tripod.
- Extract from : « Sorry: Wrong Dimension » by Ross Rocklynne
- He dropped the tripod thing in a corner, and sidled toward me.
- Extract from : « Sorry: Wrong Dimension » by Ross Rocklynne
- I spraddled the tripod purposely to keep it from being upset.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- The jar is designed to receive within it a tripod and standard (E) of lead.
- Extract from : « Electricity for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- The fire indeed encircled the belly of the tripod, and the water was warmed.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- In the middle of the field a tripod of sticks supported a kettle.
- Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- One of them carried the tripod of the gun and the other the barrel.
- Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
- The man who had carried the tripod had also brought the necessary ammunition.
- Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
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