crate
noun
[ kreɪt ]
• a slatted wooden case used for transporting goods.
• "a crate of bananas"
Similar:
case,
packing case,
chest,
coffer,
trunk,
box,
casket,
strongbox,
basket,
hamper,
pack,
bin,
drum,
container,
receptacle,
lug,
• an old and dilapidated vehicle.
• "you wouldn't believe the age of some of the crates I've driven"
crate
verb
• pack (something) in a crate for transportation.
• "fruit and vegetables were being sorted and crated"
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch krat ‘tailboard of a wagon’, earlier ‘box of a coach’, of unknown origin.
