Crate

  • 21crate — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ metal, plastic, wooden ▪ beer, milk, orange, etc. ▪ packing, shipping …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 22crate — [17] Crate is usually connected with Latin crātis ‘hurdle’, making it a relative of grate, griddle, and grill(e), and indeed an isolated example of crate in the early 16th century, which unequivocally means ‘hurdle’, certainly must come from that …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23crate — [17] Crate is usually connected with Latin crātis ‘hurdle’, making it a relative of grate, griddle, and grill(e), and indeed an isolated example of crate in the early 16th century, which unequivocally means ‘hurdle’, certainly must come from that …

    Word origins

  • 24crate — 1. noun /kreɪt/ A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. Syn: packing case 2. verb /kreɪt/ a) To put into a crate. b) …

    Wiktionary

  • 25crate — 1 also crate up verb (T) to pack things into a crate 2 noun (C) 1 a box made of wood or plastic that is used for carrying fruit, bottles etc: They lifted the crates onto the wagon. 2 old fashioned a very old car or plane that does not work very… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26crate — [[t]kreɪt[/t]] n. v. crat•ed, crat•ing 1) a slatted wooden box for packing, shipping, or storing fruit, furniture, etc 2) an enclosed boxlike packing or shipping case 3) inf Informal. something rickety and dilapidated, esp. an automobile 4) wam… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27crate — /kreɪt / (say krayt) noun 1. a box or framework, usually of wooden slats, for packing and transporting fruit, furniture, etc. 2. a basket of wickerwork, for the transportation of crockery, etc. 3. the amount contained by or contents of a crate. 4 …

  • 28crate — n. a dilapidated vehicle. □ Where’d you get that old crate? □ This crate gets me to work and back. That’s good enough …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 29crate — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin cratis Date: 15th century 1. an open box of wooden slats or a usually wooden protective case or framework for shipping 2. jalopy II. transitive verb (crated; crating) Date: 1871 to pack in a crate …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30crate — n An old car or plane. You can always find some schnook to sell that old crate of yours to. 1930s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

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