TRIPOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tripod mean? 

• TRIPOD (noun)
  The noun TRIPOD has 1 sense:

1. a three-legged rack used for support

  Familiarity information: TRIPOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIPOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A three-legged rack used for support

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tripod" is a kind of...):

rack; stand (a support for displaying various articles)

Meronyms (parts of "tripod"):

leg (one of the supports for a piece of furniture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tripod"):

camera tripod (a tripod used to support a camera)

easel (an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas))

 Context examples 

Peering in, we could see that the only light in the room came from a dull blue flame which flickered from a small brass tripod in the centre.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes rushed to the top of the stairs to draw in the fresh air, and then, dashing into the room, he threw up the window and hurled the brazen tripod out into the garden.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)