<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a football field.</li><li>a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food.</li><li>any framework or network resembling a gridiron.</li><li>a structure above the stage of a theater, from which hung scenery and the like are manipulated.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares.</li></ul>