Definition of CRESSET

cresset

Plural: cressets

Noun

  • A metal cup or basket for holding a torch or fire.
  • A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
  • A metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as portable illumination.
  • A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
  • A metal basket filled with burning material, used to attract fish when night fishing; a fire basket.
  • A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
  • A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.

Examples

  • I aimed to light up the board with CRESSET, but couldn’t find a spot for the double ’S’.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cresset, from Old French crasset, cresset (“sort of lamp or torch”); perhaps of Old Dutch or Old High German origin, and akin to English cruse and/or French creuset (“crucible”), the latter being from Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin *croceolus.

Scrabble Score: 9

cresset: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cresset: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cresset: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

cresset: valid Words With Friends Word