tripod

CEFRB2

/ˈtɹaɪpɑd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A stand with three legs used to support something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).

Examples

  • Sami needs a tripod to film this video.

  • I've been looking for my tripod.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A man with macrophallism.

  2. A three-legged stand or mount.

  3. A three-legged stand,mount or organism

More examples

In context

  • Tom bought a camera and tripod.

  • Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.

  • I tripodded after my 6-mile run.

Synonyms

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The photographer carefully placed the camera on a sturdy three-legged blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.