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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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Crated
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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), -crat·ed, -crat·ing.
un·crate, verb (used with object), -crat·ed, -crat·ing.
un·crat·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
crate
1688, from L. cratis "wickerwork, lattice," or from Du. krat "basket."
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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