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Definition of: creel
(krēl) noun
1. An angler's willow basket for carrying fish.
2. A cage of wickerwork for catching lobsters.
3. A frame in a spinning machine.
—v.t. To put in a creel. [<OF creil <L craticula, dim. of cratis wickerwork. Doublet of GRILLE.]
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