to uncrate
- verb
- /ʌnˈkreɪt/
- Gaia already had the hive uncrated and set up by the time I came home.
Examples
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She watched as the crew began to uncrate the delicate equipment carefully.
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They're just uncrating it, sir.
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You want me to uncrate the thing here?
Fiction book (2000) -
I got it uncrated for you
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You're gonna take those down to my house of horrors and uncrate them.
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Saturday occupied them uncrating and hanging the artwork.
Fiction book (1996) -
But she spent the years of her marriage crating and uncrating his canvases.
Fiction book (1998) -
The workers will uncrate the new furniture as soon as it arrives.
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After the shipment arrived, they quickly uncrated the supplies for the event.
Synonyms
Take things or people out of a vehicle like a truck
To take something out of where it is kept
To take goods off a vehicle like a ship
Antonyms
How Unpacked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncrate comes from the prefix un- meaning 'reverse' or 'take out' and crate meaning 'large box'. So to uncrate something is to take it out of its crate or box.