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crate Definition


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crate
noun
    1. A strong wooden, plastic or metal case with partitions, for storing or carrying breakable or perishable goods.
    2. derog, slang
      A decrepit vehicle or aircraft.
verb
    crated, crating
    1. To pack in a crate.
Etymology: 17c in this sense; 16c in obsolete sense ‘a frame of parallel cross bars': from Latin cratis wickerwork barrier.



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