Synonyms for crate

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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