grid·i·ron 
(grĭdī′ərn)
(grĭdī′ərn)n.
1. Football
a. The field of play.
b. The game itself.
2. A metal structure high above the stage of a theater, from which ropes or cables are strung to scenery and lights.
3.
a. A flat framework of parallel metal bars used for broiling meat or fish.
b. An object resembling such a framework.
[Middle English gridirne, lattice, grill, alteration (influenced by iren, irne, iron) of gridere, alteration of gridel; see GRIDDLE.]
- Indo-European root: dek-
- Indo-European root: dekm̥
- Indo-European root: deks-
- Indo-European root: del-
- Indo-European root: del-
- Indo-European root: dem-
- Indo-European root: demə-
- Indo-European root: dent-
- Indo-European root: der-
- Indo-European root: derk-
- Indo-European root: deru-
- Indo-European root: deu-
- Indo-European root: deu-
- Indo-European root: deuk-
- Indo-European root: deuə-
- Indo-European root: dhegwh-
- Indo-European root: dheigh-
- Indo-European root: dher-
- Indo-European root: dhers-
- Indo-European root: dheu-
- Indo-European root: dheu-
- Indo-European root: dheub-
- Indo-European root: dheugh-
- Indo-European root: dheuə-
- Indo-European root: dhghem-