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creel
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1creel

noun \ˈkrēl\

Definition of CREEL

1
: a wicker basket (as for carrying newly caught fish)
2
: a bar with skewers for holding bobbins in a spinning machine
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Origin of CREEL

Middle English creille, crele
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl

Rhymes with CREEL

ceil, chiel, deal, deil, eel, feel, heal, heel, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, meal, peal, peel, real, reel, seal, seel, shiel, speel, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, streel, teal, tuille, veal, weal, wheal, wheel, zeal

2creel

transitive verb

Definition of CREEL

: to put (caught fish) in a creel

First Known Use of CREEL

1844

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl

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