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crate

crate

189 1.7
A strong wooden box for storing or moving things and the amount inside it
  • noun
  • /kreɪt/
translation icon : caja
  • Four crates of tomatoes, a crate of carrots, some pickles.
  • a wooden crate
  • pallets and crates
  • a crate of wrenches

All this shit came in a giant crate like a few days later.

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Examples

  • Near him, a barefooted man was sitting on a crate reading a newspaper.

    Academic text (1998)
  • He opened the crate to find a collection of antique furniture inside.

  • We're gonna check the background of every crate, starting with this one!

  • Other bottles had probably been inside the crate, but now it was empty.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I can get you two whole crates full, man.

  • Listen up, bring up every crate of Pando from the hull.

  • Every winter, he sent Ellen and me a crate of grapefruit and oranges from Boca Raton.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The movers carefully stacked the crate of fragile glassware in the truck.

  • We ordered three crates of apples for the upcoming harvest festival.

Synonyms

case
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1.0

A box or container for holding and carrying things like bottles

is the specific sturdy wooden style rather than any protective cover
chest
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363 1.0

A large strong box for storing clothes or valuables

is a strong packing box rather than furniture or decorative storage
container
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245 1.3

A thing that holds or stores items, for example a box

is the smaller wooden-style packing box rather than large standardized units
trunk
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110 3.3

A large strong box for keeping clothes and other things

is used more for packing and shipping than for travel luggage
carton
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58 1.0

A box made of cardboard with a top that opens for storing things

is a stronger, commonly wooden box used for heavier goods
cardboard box
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37 1.0

A box made of cardboard used for packing or storing things

is sturdier and usually wooden rather than made from cardboard
cargo container
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6 3.1

A large metal box used to carry goods on ships, trains, or trucks

is the traditional box used for smaller packed goods, not standardized units
soapbox
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  • Archaic
1 6.5

A strong wooden box used to hold bars of soap

is a general strong box not tied to a single product use
boxful
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1 1.9

An amount that fills a box

is the physical strong box rather than the amount inside it
woodbox
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1 3.2

A wooden box for storing or carrying things like firewood

is the common strong box term, not necessarily for small wood boxes
packing case
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1 2.3

A large strong box used to hold goods for storage or shipping

is similar but can be any strong box, not only for packing
packing box
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1 1.0

A large strong container used to hold things for moving or storage

is the traditional wooden strong box rather than general packing containers
cajón
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  • US
9.1

A large wooden box used for storing or moving goods

is the general strong box term, not limited to this language form
crateful
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6.4

An amount that fits in a crate

is the physical strong box rather than the measure of its contents
tea chest
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4.1

A strong wooden box used to store or carry tea

is a general strong box for many goods, not only tea

How Big

container
245 1.3
pallet
19 3.4
crate
189 1.7
box
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basket
288 1.0

Surface Forms

crate singular
crates plural

Etymology

Crate comes from an old word cratis meaning 'wicker' or 'woven', like the material of a basket. So a crate is a strong box, originally like a big woven basket, used to pack, store, or move goods.