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TRIPOD

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 I. (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))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb tripod

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