1
[ noun ] a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping

Used in print

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

And most of all it is not having the only man you could love , whether he drives a bread truck or delivers the mail or checks the berry crates down at the sheds , or owns seventeen oil_wells and six diamond mines , for if you are anybody what he is or does makes no difference if he is the one .

Related terms

box cracker_box soapbox packing_box

2
[ verb ] put into a crate; as for protection

Examples

"crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum"

Related terms

uncrate encase

3
[ noun ] the quantity contained in a crate

Synonyms

crateful

Related terms

containerful

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Rhymes with

rate great grate desecrate trait freight consecrate irate strait straight chlorate berate perchlorate prorate overrate castrate gyrate migrate denigrate underrate orchestrate beret serrate narrate emigrate integrate immigrate disintegrate reintegrate integrate nitrate demonstrate vibrate concentrate celebrate invertebrate calibrate vertebrate infiltrate penetrate perpetrate birthrate hydrate frustrate prostrate substrate carbohydrate dehydrate administrate arbitrate illustrate magistrate

Phonetic and Homophones

K R EY1 T

Similar Spelling

create Crute Croat Crete CRT Croteau cred Crotteau cruet crude Crout crith creed credo curate cerate Crotty Criado crewet Cratty Croatia

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