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crewet

crewet is the obsolete form of cruet.

Meaning of cruet

Noun

cruet (plural cruets)

  1. A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper, for use at a dining table.
    • Near-synonym: shaker (sometimes synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    caster, shaker
  2. (UK) A stand for these containers.
    • He[…]even had a second slice of lamb, for he was hungry. During the meal, as was his custom, he read from a book propped up against the cruet.1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps
    Synonyms:
    caster
  3. A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.

Forms of crewet

pluralcrewets

Questions about crewet

What is crewet the obsolete form of?
Crewet is the obsolete form of cruet.

Words near crewet in the dictionary

  1. crewelwork
  2. crewelworks
  3. crewer
  4. crewers
  5. crewes
  6. crewet
  7. crewets
  8. crewing
  9. crewing up
  10. Crewkerne
  11. crewless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crewet (page history and authors); cruet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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