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crate
[kreyt]
noun
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
any completely enclosed boxlike packing or shipping case.
Informal.something rickety and dilapidated, especially an automobile.
They're still driving around in the old crate they bought 20 years ago.
a quantity, especially of fruit, that is often packed in a crate approximately 2 × 1 × 1 foot (0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 meters).
a crate of oranges.
verb (used with object)
to pack in a crate.
crate
/ ɪ /
noun
a fairly large container, usually made of wooden slats or wickerwork, used for packing, storing, or transporting goods
slangan old car, aeroplane, etc
verb
(tr) to pack or place in a crate
Other 51Թ Forms
- recrate verb (used with object)
- uncrate verb (used with object)
- uncrated adjective
- ˈٱ noun
- ˈٱڳܱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crate1
Example Sentences
They had opened crates in the back of a lorry expecting to find a tonne of medical ketamine.
And when the time comes — when the crates of tomatoes start to dwindle and I feel that first late-summer shiver in the air — I’ll settle on a recipe.
The gibbons, listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, were concealed in a plastic crate placed inside the passenger's trolley bag.
They were rediscovered last week by workers who were intrigued by a number of wooden champagne crates they stumbled upon while moving archival material from the Supreme Court's basement.
My brother has two parrots, so I had to put them in a crate.
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