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crate

noun

ˈkrāt

Definition of crate

as in wreck

a dilapidated old automobile he keeps sinking money into that old crate

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Recent Examples of crate During the trial, HMND 01 moved 60 crates per hour and handled two different crate sizes without requiring manual intervention. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 And while there are still comic artists and writers at small tables signing and sketching, and dealers selling original art out of binders in crates, a good chunk of the space is occupied by media and toy companies, trying to outdo one another. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026 In the white pickup sat buckets of tomatillos, crates of green bell peppers, and enormous watermelons. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026 To hide the deed, Colt cleaned up the blood, stripped the corpse, and stuffed it into a large wooden crate in the room. — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for crate

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Shanahan was taken to a hospital by paramedics after the wreck and was released after spending much of the day there.

— Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
The wreck was at least the sixth motorcycle crash this month in the Kansas City area that caused serious injury or death.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of wreck

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In the film, Russell wants a hulk of a man but doesn’t care about money, while Monroe transparently is looking for a man who can fuel her desire for diamonds.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
When Krem takes off in Kara’s spacecraft, a rusted hulk that’s like an interplanetary RV, and shoots her beloved dog Krypto with a lethal tranquilizer that will result in agonizing death in three days, Kara joins Ruthye on her revenge quest.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026

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The Good Enough for Eleanor – a vodka cocktail with lemon, honey, grapefruit cordial and lillet blanc, topped with sparkling wine – is a mainstay.

— USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Cupcake and cake balls come in 12 different flavors, including chocolate, vanilla, carrot cake, funfetti, Oreo, lemon, red velvet and coconut.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026

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