cratenoun [ C ]
uk/kreɪt/us/kreɪt/a box made of wood, plastic, or metal, especially one divided into parts to hold bottles:
a milk crate
a crate of empty bottles
a packing crate
a cage with a bed that a dog, especially a puppy, sleeps in and stays in when its owners are away from home
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General and miscellaneous containers
- bin
- carton
- casing
- casket
- clothes basket
- coal bunker
- coffer
- hamper
- hanging basket
- hod
- holder
- inkstand
- receptacle
- resealable
- safe
- safe deposit box
- safety deposit box
- sandpail
- shaker
- wormery
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crateverb [ T ]
uk/kreɪt/us/kreɪt/to put something into a crate, especially in order to move it
to put a dog in a crate:
Do you crate her at night?
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Wrapping, packing and loading
- bag
- bottle
- Bubble Wrap
- bundle
- bundle sth up
- containerize
- load
- pack
- package
- packaged
- packaging
- packet
- packing
- parcel sth up
- polystyrene
- tinned
- vacuum-packed
- wrap
- wrap sth up
- wrapper
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