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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kreyt
Phonetic Transcription : kreɪt



Définition of crate

Origin :
  • "large box," 1680s, earlier "hurdle, grillwork" (late 14c.), from Latin cratis "wickerwork, lattice, kitchen-rack," or from Dutch krat "basket;" both perhaps from a common PIE root *kert- "to turn, entwine" (see hurdle (n.)).
  • noun wooden container
Example sentences :
  • At first she had insisted he take the crate out to his workshop.
  • Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton
  • And he glanced at the crate that Westray was steadying with his hand on the opposite seat.
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner
  • All my crate iteas will gome to me now for some dime in the night.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • When they had given up, I boomed orders at them through a speaker in the crate.
  • Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison
  • It was from the summit of a crate of holly-wreaths that she telephoned this time.
  • Extract from : « Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • There was a piece of paper pasted on the crate in which the goat had traveled.
  • Extract from : « The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Steve, I'm holding this crate on the road by main force and awkwardness as it is.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • He came up in a crate; the world must have seemed very small to him on the way.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • Then to the amazement of the party, a crate of pigs appeared.
  • Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne
  • We'll find some way to run this crate, and get there in one piece.
  • Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne

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