Associations to the word «Carrel»

Wiktionary

CARREL, noun. A partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.
CARREL, noun. A quarrel, or square-headed arrow.

Dictionary definition

CARREL, noun. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944).
CARREL, noun. Small individual study area in a library.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats