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Word entry · 5 letters

creel

Best crossword clue

"Fisher's basket"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɹiːl/Part of speech nounSorted ceelrStarts with CEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2R3E4E5L

Definitions

  1. a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

Word origin

Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.

Used in a sentence

  • Return with a creel of trout for supper.
  • Her great creel forehead-slung, she wanders nigh, Easing the heavy strap with gnarled, brown fingers
  • […] a "creeled foot " strapped to relieve strained muscles, […]

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