1. The playing field on which football is played
   "The team practised drills across the entire gridiron";
   - football field
    
2. A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
   "They placed the marinated steaks on the hot gridiron";
   - grid, grill

Derived forms: gridirons

Type of: athletic field, cooking utensil, cookware, field, pitch [Brit], playing area, playing field

Part of: football stadium

Encyclopedia: Gridiron, Sonora