crate

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crate/kreɪt/

▶noun

• 1 a slatted wooden case used for transporting goods.

  ■ a square container divided into small individual units for holding bottles.

• 2 informal an old and dilapidated vehicle.

▶verb pack in a crate for transportation.

– derivatives
crateful noun (pl. cratefuls).

– origin ME: perh. rel. to Du. krat ‘tailboard of a wagon’.