CREEL

creel

(noun) a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

creel (plural creels)

(fishing) An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish.

A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Verb

creel (third-person singular simple present creels, present participle creeling, simple past and past participle creeled)

(transitive) To place (fish) in a creel.

Anagrams

• cleer

Proper noun

Creel (plural Creels)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Creel is the 4028th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8815 individuals. Creel is most common among White (89.65%) individuals.

Anagrams

• cleer

Source: Wiktionary


Creel (krl), n. Etym: [Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.]

1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Spinning)

Definition: A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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