# creel

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹiːl/ · frequency rank #59,988

## Definitions
1. A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
2. A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
3. A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
4. A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/creel