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crate

[kreyt] / kreɪt /
NOUN
wooden container
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Example Sentences

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I set down a kick drum and step onto the wide, flat wooden stage that is about the height of a crate.

From Literature

Nate takes the platter from her and puts it on the overturned crates we use as a coffee table.

From Literature

In his direct addresses to the jury, he used a set of wooden baby blocks, stacks of paper, even a hammer and a crate of eggs.

From Los Angeles Times

When investigators looked inside the home, they found that it did not have working smoke alarms and the main exit was partially blocked by dog crates and other items, according to the document.

From Los Angeles Times

I set my handbag on a stack of crates.

From Literature