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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
- slang.an old car, aeroplane, etc
verb
- tr to pack or place in a crate
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
- ˈٱڳܱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ٱ verb (used with object) recrated recrating
- ܲ·ٱ verb (used with object) uncrated uncrating
- ܲ·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of crate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of crate1
Example Sentences
One of the couple’s three dogs, an Australian kelpie mix named Zinna, was found dead in a crate in their home when the couple were discovered on Feb. 26.
One of the couple's three dogs, which had been in a crate while recovering from surgery, died from starvation and dehydration.
"The absence of a proper, secured crate meant that the penguin's containment was not suitable for the flight conditions," it said.
She arranges it all carefully into plastic crates.
A necropsy report also revealed that one of the couple's three dogs, which had been crated while recovering from surgery, died from starvation and dehydration.
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