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to uncrate

to uncrate

1 7.5
Take something out of a box used to carry things
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈkreɪt/
translation icon : desembalar
  • Gaia already had the hive uncrated and set up by the time I came home.

Examples

  • She watched as the crew began to uncrate the delicate equipment carefully.

  • They're just uncrating it, sir.

  • You want me to uncrate the thing here?

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I got it uncrated for you

  • You're gonna take those down to my house of horrors and uncrate them.

  • 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.

  • After the shipment arrived, they quickly uncrated the supplies for the event.

Synonyms

to unload
vsto uncrate
125 2.6

Take things or people out of a vehicle like a truck

is used when taking items out of one small shipping box
to unstow
vsto uncrate
1 8.1

To take something out of where it is kept

is focused on removing items specifically from a single shipping box
to unlade
vsto uncrate
  • Archaic
9.9

To take goods off a vehicle like a ship

is limited to removing items from a single shipping box

Antonyms

655 1.0

To put things into a container to carry or store them

5 4.1

To put something into a strong box for moving or keeping safe

How Unpacked

to unpack
117 1.0
to uncrate
1 7.5
to unbox
  • Texting
1 4.4

Surface Forms

uncrate infinitive
uncrated past
uncrated past participle
uncrating present participle
uncrates third person singular

Morphology

uncrate = crate (transparent) = un + crate

The verb is formed by the productive reversal prefix 'un-' + the verb 'crate', giving a clear 'remove from a crate' meaning.

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.