crate
/kreɪt/
noun
- A large wooden or plastic container used for transporting or storing goods.
- The shipment arrived in a plastic crate full of apples.
- We packed the books into a sturdy wooden crate for the move.
- He lifted the heavy crate onto the truck with a forklift.
- An old, worn-out car or airplane (informal).
- He flies a vintage crate from the 1940s at air shows.
- That beat-up crate somehow made it across the desert.
- My first car was a rusty old crate that barely ran.
verb
- To pack something into a crate.
- They crated the fragile sculptures for shipping overseas.
- We need to crate all the equipment before the movers arrive.
- The farmer crated the chickens for transport to the market.
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