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# creel

noun (creel, creels)

«creel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A wicker basket, often for carrying fish, or one carried on the back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creel/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a basket that someone is tricked into getting in or carrying

### Examples

- The fisherman put the fish in his creel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creel/#x1)
- The brother climbed into the creel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creel/#x2)
- He carried the creel on his back up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creel/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «creel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«creel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/creel.html) on Mova free.