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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

grid·i·ron / ˈgridˌīərn/ • n. 1. a frame of parallel bars or beams, typically in two sets arranged at right angles, in particular: ∎ a frame of parallel metal bars used for grilling meat or fish over an open fire. ∎ a frame of parallel beams for supporting a ship in dock. ∎ (in the theater) a framework over a stage supporting scenery and lighting. 2. a field for football, marked with regularly spaced parallel lines. ∎ the game of football: [as adj.] the national gridiron season . 3. another term for grid (sense 2).

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gridiron

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

gridiron frame of parallel metal bars used for broiling. XIII (gredire). app. alt. of gredile GRIDDLE by assoc. with ire(n) IRON.

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gridiron

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

gridiron n. a frame of parallel metal bars used for grilling meat or fish over an open fire.

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gridiron

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

gridiron a gridiron is the emblem of St Lawrence and St Vincent of Saragossa.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "gridiron." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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gridiron

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

gridiron •Brian, cyan, Gaian, Geminian, Hawaiian, ion, iron, Ixion, lion, Lyon, Mayan, Narayan, O'Brien, Orion, Paraguayan, prion, Ryan, scion, Uruguayan, Zion •andiron •gridiron, midiron •dandelion • anion • Bruneian •cation, flatiron •gowan, Palawan, rowen •anthozoan, bryozoan, Goan, hydrozoan, Minoan, protozoan, protozoon, rowan, Samoan, spermatozoon •Ohioan • Chicagoan • Virgoan •Idahoan •doyen, Illinoisan, Iroquoian •Ewan, Labuan, McEwan, McLuhan, Siouan •Saskatchewan • Papuan • Paduan •Nicaraguan • gargantuan •carbon, chlorofluorocarbon, graben, hydrocarbon, Laban, radiocarbon •ebon • Melbourne • Theban •gibbon, ribbon •Brisbane, Lisbon •Tyburn •auburn, Bourbon •Alban • Manitoban • Cuban •stubborn •Durban, exurban, suburban, turban, urban

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