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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Lobster traps Broken lobster traps littered the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys when a truck went out of control.
Money from a Brinks truck
A Brinks truck overturned and dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars onto I-95 in Miami.
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Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Lobster trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobster%20trap. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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