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trivet in Japanese

trivet in Japanese is 五徳 — trivet means a small stand with short legs, used to hold a pot above a fire.

trivet in Japanese

五徳
noun
Pronounced: gotoku
A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.

What does "trivet" mean?

  1. noun A small stand with short legs, used to hold a pot above a fire.
    "They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil."
  2. noun A mat or small stand placed under a hot dish to protect a table's surface.
  3. noun A weaver's tool used to cut the wire that shapes a fabric's pile.
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trivet in a sentence

  • They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.

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What is "trivet" in Japanese?
"trivet" in Japanese is 五徳. trivet means: A small stand with short legs, used to hold a pot above a fire.
How do you pronounce 五徳?
"trivet" in Japanese is 五徳, pronounced "gotoku".
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