milk crate
noun
plural milk crates
: a small crate (see crate entry 1 sense 1a) for transporting or storing bottles or cartons of milk or other dairy products
also
: a crate that resembles a milk crate
I've stacked three milk crates behind it that hold all my dishes. … I got those milk crates at Walmart, too. —
Katie Cavin
Katie Cavin Time to buy all the stuff you need to outfit your dorm room. Bed risers. Storage boxes. … Plastic milk crates. —Judy Stark
Judy Stark Examples of milk crate in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Wilson Chin’s turntable set accommodates not much more than a twin bed, a milk crate, a table, three chairs and a small stove.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks.
—Jake Offenhartz, Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2023
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks, with water close to waist-deep in the middle of some streets.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
Now the former Dean Street boy assesses the folding wheeled cart, the bungee cords, the plastic milk crates shoved beneath the table.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
The new reef will stack a single layer of oysters on top a layer of empty shells stacked atop milk crates.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 2 June 2023
Durm is then seen opening the back door of the van and removing a milk crate.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
Durm is seen opening an inner door to the van while holding a milk crate, and the inmate also steps out, the document says.
—Sara Smart, CNN, 11 July 2023
Iversen lifted the furniture and refrigerators off the ground with milk crates and put sandbags along the front and side doors.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks.
—Jake Offenhartz, Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2023
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks, with water close to waist-deep in the middle of some streets.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
Now the former Dean Street boy assesses the folding wheeled cart, the bungee cords, the plastic milk crates shoved beneath the table.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
The new reef will stack a single layer of oysters on top a layer of empty shells stacked atop milk crates.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 2 June 2023
Durm is then seen opening the back door of the van and removing a milk crate.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
Durm is seen opening an inner door to the van while holding a milk crate, and the inmate also steps out, the document says.
—Sara Smart, CNN, 11 July 2023
Iversen lifted the furniture and refrigerators off the ground with milk crates and put sandbags along the front and side doors.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
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“Milk crate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20crate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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