Definition of crate
1 : an open box of wooden slats or a usually wooden protective case or framework for shipping
2 : jalopy
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Examples of crate in a Sentence
The bear arrived at the zoo in a crate.
Each milk crate holds nine bottles.
They used a crate of oranges to make enough juice for everyone.
One day the old crate just wouldn't start.
Recent Examples of crate from the Web
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Provide your pet with a safe space, such as a kennel or crate.
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On the plus side, the mini-kegs kept the beers much colder than the ice crates that most MLB teams use.
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From a bedroom to a bathroom to an inside dog crate, animals often feel safer in den-like spaces.
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The joy the dog took in her illicit romp was contagious, and didn’t even wane when the animal control officer eventually led her, tail wagging, to a crate.
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The capitol’s wide streets gave way to hills and shacks, men huddled by roadside fires, steaming pots of food, chickens stacked in plastic crates.
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Baxter is house trained, crate trained, and will require regular grooming to maintain his beautiful coat.
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The cast scurries around the stage between sets, slinging crates, tables, stools, poles, and vestigial props to create a prison, an inn, stables.
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By the end of the day, the crew had sold four spots and five milk crates, which exhausted Apple fans bought to sit on.
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Origin and Etymology of crate
Middle English, from Latin cratis
crate
Definition of crate
crated
;crating
transitive verb
: to pack in a crate
Examples of crate in a Sentence
The equipment was crated today and will be shipped tomorrow.
Recent Examples of crate from the Web
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After a half-hour of waiting to see a doctor, Becky grew concerned about the couple’s dogs, who had been crated for more than 13 hours.
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Crating your dog Crating can be a good training tool and is necessary for travel.
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But that didn’t stop an ambitious thief from crating himself up and shipping himself airmail.
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The clinic is open to both dogs and cats, who must be appropriately leashed or crated.
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My father had much of his wine crated and packed into a horse van, and driven more than six hundred miles south on I-95, and then west on I-20 to Aiken.
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First Known Use of crate
1871
CRATE Defined for English Language Learners
crate
playDefinition of crate for English Language Learners
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: a large wooden or plastic box used for moving things from one place to another
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: a metal or plastic container that is used to hold bottles
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: the amount of something contained in a crate
crate
Definition of crate for English Language Learners
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: to pack (something) in a crate
CRATE Defined for Kids
Definition of crate for Students
: a box or frame of wooden slats or boards for holding and protecting something in shipment
Definition of crate for Students
crated
;crating
: to pack in a wooden box or frame
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