gridiron
/ˈɡrɪdˌaɪərn/
noun
- A field for American football, marked with parallel lines that form a grid pattern.
- He spent his high school years on the gridiron as a quarterback.
- The new turf on the gridiron made the field safer for players.
- The team ran onto the gridiron under the stadium lights.
- A metal frame or grate used for broiling or grilling food over a fire.
- She cleaned the gridiron after cooking the fish.
- The old cast-iron gridiron was perfect for roasting marshmallows.
- We placed the steaks on the gridiron over the campfire.
- A network or system resembling a grid, such as a pattern of streets or lines.
- The map showed a gridiron of canals and waterways.
- The engineer designed a gridiron of support beams for the bridge.
- The city's gridiron of streets made navigation easy.
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