lobster trap
noun
: a usually rectangular wooden or metal cage that is baited and placed on the sea bottom and that has a funnel-shaped net used to trap lobsters see also lobster pot
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Maine In the front circle of their entrance, the Portland Regency Hotel & Spa presents a Lobster Trap Christmas Tree made out of used lobster traps.
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
What’s more iconically Maine than a Christmas tree crafted from lobster traps?
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
Woodbury's Ogunquit wasn't about quaint lighthouses or lobster traps.
—Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Many of the city's 6,600 residents have some tie to lobstering; modest house after house has stacks of rectangular lobster traps in the driveway.
—Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
What’s more iconically Maine than a Christmas tree crafted from lobster traps?
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
Woodbury's Ogunquit wasn't about quaint lighthouses or lobster traps.
—Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Many of the city's 6,600 residents have some tie to lobstering; modest house after house has stacks of rectangular lobster traps in the driveway.
—Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
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“Lobster trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobster%20trap. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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