Usually means: Support stand with three legs.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!) Easter eggs (New!)
We found 39 dictionaries that define the word tripod:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. tripod: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tripod: Merriam-Webster
  3. tripod: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tripod: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tripod: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tripod: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tripod, tripod: Wordnik
  8. tripod: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tripod: Wiktionary
  10. tripod: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tripod: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tripod: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tripod: Dictionary.com
  14. tripod: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tripod: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. TriPod, Tripod (The War of the Worlds), Tripod (War of the Worlds), Tripod (band), Tripod (disambiguation), Tripod (foundation), Tripod (laboratory), Tripod (photography), Tripod (surveying), Tripod: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tripod: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tripod: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tripod: Rhymezone
  20. Tripod: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tripod: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. tripod: FreeDictionary.org
  23. tripod: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. tripod: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tripod: Global Glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tripod (disambiguation), tripod: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tripod: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Tripod (disambiguation), tripod: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. TRIPOD: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tripod (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. The tripod: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Film/Video Terms (No longer online)
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

(Note: See tripodal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A three-legged stand or mount.
noun:  (science fiction) A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
noun:  (slang) A man with macrophallism.
verb:  (intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
verb:  (entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    black,     silver,     gray,     charcoal,     gunmetal, more...



Word origin

Words similar to tripod

Usage examples for tripod

Idioms related to tripod

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing tripod

Words that often appear near tripod

Rhymes of tripod

Invented words related to tripod

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    black,     silver,     gray,     charcoal,     gunmetal, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux