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gridiron is pronounced in two syllables
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meanings of gridiron
noun:
An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.
American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
Any object resembling the rack or grate.
An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
The field on which American football is played.
verb:
To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders.
To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross.
gridiron frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word gridiron occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.