crate
[ kreyt ]
/ kreɪt /
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), crat·ed, crat·ing.
to pack in a crate.
Origin of crate
1350–1400; 1915–20
for def 3; Middle English, obscurely akin to Latin
crātis wickerwork, hurdle
OTHER WORDS FROM crate
re·crate, verb (used with object), re·crat·ed, re·crat·ing. un·crate, verb (used with object), un·crat·ed, un·crat·ing. un·crat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby crate
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British Dictionary definitions for crate
crate
/ (kreɪt) /
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 of crate
crater, noun crateful, nounWord Origin for crate
C16: from Latin
crātis wickerwork, hurdle