uncrate

verb un·crate \ ˌən-ˈkrāt \

|Updated on: 3 Jun 2018

Definition of uncrate

uncrated; uncrating

transitive verb

: to remove from a crate or case

A modern, climate-controlled environment will allow thousands of intriguing … artifacts that have long been stored away to be uncrated and displayed …
—Donna Stillinger

Recent Examples of uncrate from the Web

There was still one painting uncrated, having been held up in Brazil — where a painting in a Gertrude Stein show had been held up a few years ago — and just arrived that afternoon.

— leah garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, "René Magritte at play with reality at SFMOMA," 21 May 2018

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