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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A container, such as a slatted wooden case, used for storing or shipping.
  2. n. Slang An old rickety vehicle, especially a decrepit automobile or aircraft.
  3. v. To pack into a container, such as a slatted wooden case.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A kind of basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, glass, crockery, and similar wares; hence, any openwork casing, as a box made of slats used for packing or transporting commodities, as peaches.
  2. n. The amount held by such a casing.
  3. n. In glass manufacturing, a lot of twelve tables or disks of crown-glass. See table, 1 .
  4. To put or pack in a crate for transportation: as, to crate fruit, furniture, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
  2. v. To put into a crate.
  3. v. To keep in a crate.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.
  2. n. A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.
  3. v. To pack in a crate or case for transportation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the quantity contained in a crate
  2. n. a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
  3. v. put into a crate; as for protection

Etymologies

  1. From Dutch krat ("crate, large box, basket"), from Middle Dutch cratte ("basketware, mold"), from Old Dutch *kratta, *kratto (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kratjô, *krattijô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, *gre(n)t- (“plaiting, wicker, basket, cradle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bind, twist, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret ("wheelbarrow"), German Krätze ("basket"), Old English cræt, ceart ("cart, wagon, chariot"), Old Norse kartr ("wagon"). More at cart. (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin crātis, wickerwork. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “A milk crate is a good choice for this task because it allows air flow around the items.”

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  • “The one making the most noise is the Honda Element EX Dog Friendly, which includes a soft-sided crate in the rear of a vehicle, a rear fan for keeping your pup cool, a ramp (so that little yappers can access the crate from the ground), a spill resistant water bowl, and a floor that can literally be hosed off.”

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  • “The story: A talented but homeless dancer living in a packing crate is lifted up to high social status by a well-dressed woman but in a tragic twist she turns out to be easy to tip over, and he must give up dancing for very careful, slow paced walking.”

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  • “I like the idea of browsing them every once in a while; and a crate is not really the most suitable way to browse them without damaging them.”

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  • “Anyway my WW is of just an old discarded milk-crate from a logging operation.”

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  • “The crate is equipped with shielding materials to reduce the radiation signature.”

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  • “The Professor ceased his tidying, and strode to the corner of the room, hefting a small wooden shipping crate from a half full pallet of the same.”

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  • “It took two of us, both Jean-Marc and me, to lift a single crate from the back of the truck.”

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  • “I'm a huge believer in crate training - I learned that lesson long ago - and Buster loved his crate, as most dogs with separation anxiety will.”

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  • “From the Sun-Sentinel: Cuban woman ships herself to Miami in crate”

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. basket
  1. case
  1. packing case

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. containerful
  1. encase
  1. incase
  1. case

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. carton
  2. cans
  3. container
  4. suitcase
  1. keg
  2. bale
  3. basket
  4. sack
  1. shelve
  2. bucket
  3. tray
  4. pallet
  1. barrel
  2. jar
  3. bunk
  4. box
  1. cage
  2. rack
  3. tub
  4. locker
  1. cart
  2. stack

rhymes (108)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Ate
  2. Cate
  3. Est
  4. Fate
  5. Haight
  6. Iwate
  7. Kate
  8. Kuwait
  9. Nate
  10. Solid-state
  11. State
  12. Sumgait
  13. Tate
  14. Waite
  15. abate
  16. actuate
  17. ate
  18. await
  19. bait
  20. bate
  21. beit
  1. belate
  2. berate
  3. cate
  4. chait
  5. circumnavigate
  6. collate
  7. commutate
  8. conflate
  9. conjugate
  10. create
  11. date
  12. debate
  13. deflate
  14. demodulate
  15. desecrate
  16. dictate
  17. dilate
  18. eight
  19. elate
  20. equate
  21. est
  1. estate
  2. fait
  3. fate
  4. fete
  5. frate
  6. freight
  7. gait
  8. gate
  9. grate
  10. great
  11. hait
  12. hate
  13. inflate
  14. innate
  15. interrelate
  16. interstate
  17. intrastate
  18. irate
  19. kate
  20. late
  21. lightweight
  1. mate
  2. misstate
  3. multistate
  4. negate
  5. oblate
  6. ornate
  7. overate
  8. overrate
  9. overweight
  10. pate
  11. plait
  12. plate
  13. postdate
  14. predate
  15. procreate
  16. prorate
  17. rate
  18. recreate
  19. recriminate
  20. reflate
  21. reinstate
  1. relate
  2. remunerate
  3. restate
  4. sate
  5. sedate
  6. skate
  7. slate
  8. solid-state
  9. spate
  10. speight
  11. state
  12. straight
  13. strait
  14. streight
  15. tait
  16. trait
  17. translate
  18. underrate
  19. update
  20. upstate
  21. wait
  1. waite
  2. wayt
  3. weight

reverse dictionary (17)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. packing box
  2. packing case
  3. soapbox
  1. crate
  2. empty
  3. hurdle
  1. crateful
  2. frail
  3. seroon
  1. bull-boat
  2. uncrate
  3. carboy
  1. recooper
  2. bump
  3. grip
  1. fire-pan
  2. peter-boat

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