gridiron
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- noun
- /ˈɡrɪdaɪərn/
- US
:
campo de fútbol americano
- After the event on the gridiron, the spectators stand up and applaud both teams.
- gridiron glory
- NFL gridirons
- gridiron legend
It's about the things that he's accomplished on the gridiron.
- It's about the things that he's accomplished on the gridiron.
- Now, I don't know much about the old Gridiron Tango, the pigskin polka.
Examples
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On the eve of the GISA football state championship... ... the Richland Giants prepare to defend their reign... ... as lords of the gridiron.
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Time to show some love and support for the Warriors of the Gridiron: the Boys of Fall.
Blog text (2) -
Mike, how does it feel to be back on the gridiron?
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When two area football teams meet on the gridiron this month, regardless of the final score, an entire community will win.
Blog text (34) -
I can only control what happens on 100 yards of gridiron.
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Will game three bring the same emotion, drama, and gridiron struggle as the first two?
Blog text (18) -
And if Mike Flynt plays tonight, he will be the oldest college football player to ever step on the gridiron.
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Penn State is itching to get back on the gridiron after a controversial and frustrating loss in Lincoln last Saturday to Nebraska.
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It's just 33 hours and counting until tomorrow's gridiron grudge match between the heroic H.G. Wells Astronauts and the repulsive Handsometown Trolls.
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The players gathered on the gridiron to begin their football practice.
Synonyms
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1.0
A rectangular area with lines and goals where players play football
Compounds
A fast desert lizard with a long black-banded tail that lives in the United States and Mexico
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gridiron comes from grid ('a set of lines') and iron ('a metal'), and people began to call a football field a gridiron because the many white lines on the grass make a grid like a big metal grill. That's why calling the field a gridiron connects the name to the pattern of lines players run on.