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crate

[krayt] / kreɪt /
NOUN
wooden container
Synonyms


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“And sure enough, you see the guy get out of the car and grab a crate with all the power tools in it, and a blower on the way out,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But the crate digging, which I also did in physical record stores, was always worth it when you found your new favorite band or heard the summer’s hit track long before any of your friends.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Days after a wall of water and debris ripped through Nepal, Shanti Lamichhane sat on a fruit crate in the dirt where her village once stood, staring at what remained of her home.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

It has taken almost two years to plan, including building a special temperature-controlled crate for him, and co-ordinating complex paperwork across two countries.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

He pulled, but Marco was attached to the crate by the rope.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis

Standing among crates of vegetables at the warehouse, Oscar Ochoa, 65, fumed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Cortizo and I were surrounded by towers of crates as we spoke, at the end of the longest freight rail link in the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I had one where we put crates floor to ceiling and had people DJ with my records, and I had a really good time seeing how other people used them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Rather than people, his focus is on shells and other sea detritus, which he arranged in discarded crates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

To the archaeologists, the items inside the crates were immensely important.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Staged in Philadelphia by Eleonora Gravagnola, it is set in a modern-day art gallery, where a traveling exhibit is being crated up for transfer to its next location.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

Cats must be crated because, well, they’re cats.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023

At first, Ms. Sheridan crated Nala and left the apartment for a while each day to prepare the dog for their imminent separation.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2022

DOG TENTS: If your four-legged gift recipient isn’t crated, perhaps a dog tent would offer comfort.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

The boys conducted Abra through the house—opened closets to show wash basins and toilets and chandeliers, still crated and waiting to be installed.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The workers were responsible for capturing and crating turkeys destined for slaughter, Pennsylvania State Police said Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

DeJoy, 63, built a fortune by turning a small trucking company into a logistics giant that profited by warehousing and crating cargo and mail for delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2020

One theory holds that reducing stimuli at night might work, but she wasn’t sold on the idea of crating him in the dark for hours.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2018

The Lincolns see crating as a “quick fix” for problem behavior.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2015

I drew out a design for an A-frame signboard that the boys and I could build with crating scraps and place in front of the store.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu


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