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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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