crate
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noun
1.
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
2.
any completely enclosed boxlike packing or shipping case.
3.
Informal. something rickety and dilapidated, especially an automobile: They're still driving around in the old crate they bought 20 years ago.
4.
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)
5.
to pack in a crate.
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Origin:
1350–1400; 1915–20 for def 3; Middle English, obscurely akin to Latin crātis wickerwork, hurdle
1350–1400; 1915–20 for def 3; Middle English, obscurely akin to Latin crātis wickerwork, hurdle
Related forms
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, adjective
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crate (kreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fairly large container, usually made of wooden slats or wickerwork, used for packing, storing, or transporting goods |
| 2. | slang an old car, aeroplane, etc |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to pack or place in a crate |
| [C16: from Latin crātis wickerwork, hurdle] | |
| 'crater | |
| —n | |
| 'crateful | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
crate
1688, from L. cratis "wickerwork, lattice," or from Du. krat "basket."
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Slang Dictionary
crate definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
There was also the much more compelling hide-and-hiss factor of two felines really not interested in having an outing in a crate.
Grey parrots crammed into a travel crate and smuggled to emerging markets.
One green and one blue crate are provided to single family households.
The rhino is sedated in its crate, and all the vehicles move away.
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