lobster pot

American  

noun

1. a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.

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lobster pot British  

noun

1. a round basket or trap made of open slats used to catch lobsters

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Etymology

Origin of lobster pot

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

He added the ultrasonic speakers are lowered into the seabed "a bit like a lobster pot".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

They sipped cocktails and dined on lobster pot pie.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022

So the numbers are suspect and will be melted down a bit when tossed into the celebrated lobster pot we call the polling average.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2020

A stylish flock followed suit, including Francisco Costa, the Calvin Klein women’s wear designer, who ordered lobster pot pies for his celebratory dinner at the Lion after showing his spring 2011 collection last September.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2011

"Easily in but not easily out, as the lobster said in the lobster pot!"

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis