tripod
/ˈtraɪpɑd/
noun
- A three-legged stand used to support a camera, telescope, or other equipment.
- The surveyor used a tripod to hold the leveling instrument steady.
- She set up her camera on a tripod to take a steady photo of the sunset.
- I bought a lightweight tripod for hiking so I can take sharp landscape pictures.
- A three-legged stool, table, or other piece of furniture.
- She sat on a wooden tripod stool while milking the goat.
- The blacksmith rested his tools on a small iron tripod.
- In the corner of the room stood an antique tripod table.
- A three-legged support or structure used in ancient or ceremonial contexts.
- The museum displayed a ceremonial tripod from the Han dynasty.
- Archaeologists uncovered a bronze tripod used in ancient Greek rituals.
- The oracle at Delphi sat on a sacred tripod while delivering prophecies.