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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The absence of lobster traps and not being poked and prodded by divers armed with snares, tickle sticks and nets for nearly four months usually results in an abundance of bugs, a term that refers to the insect-like appearance of lobsters.
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Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 5 July 2025
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.
—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
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Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 5 July 2025
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.
—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
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