| Tripod 1. (n.) A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument. 2. (n.) Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet. Thesaurus Entries chain, coal tongs, crane, crook, damper, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller, lifter, poker, pothook, salamander, spit, tongs, tripod, trivet, turnspit |