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Trevet vs Trivet - What's the difference?

trevet | trivet |

As nouns the difference between trevet and trivet

is that trevet is a stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet while trivet is a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.

trevet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet.
  • (Webster 1913)

    trivet

    English

    (wp)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire
  • * 1994 ,
  • They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.
  • a stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a hot coaster
  • A weaver's knife. See trevat.
  • (Knight)

    See also

    * as right as a trivet