tripod

/ˌtraɪˈpɑd/

/ˈtraɪpɒd/

Other forms: tripods

A tripod is a three-legged support for a camera. Once you try using a tripod for taking photographs, your sharp, beautiful pictures might make it hard to do without it.

A tripod is a stand with three legs that holds a camera. Photographers and filmmakers use a tripod when they want the camera to be held completely still, without the slight bit of shaking that their hands might cause. Tripod comes from the Greek tripodos, "three-legged stool," made up of tri, or "three," plus podos, "foot." The word tripod was used in the past to mean anything with three legs, including vessels, stools, or tables.

Definitions of tripod

1. noun

   a three-legged rack used for support
   types:

   camera tripod

   a tripod used to support a camera

   easel

   an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)

   type of:

   rack, stand

   a support for displaying various articles