English Explanatory Dictionary

crate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
  2. A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
  3. In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.
verb
  1. To put into a crate.
  2. To keep in a crate.

Pronunciation

/kɹeɪt/ en-us-crate.ogg

Word forms

crate crates crating crated

Etymology

From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”), from Old Dutch *kratta, *kratto (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kratjô, *krattijô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“plaiting, wicker, basket, cradle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bind, twist, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow”), German Krätze (“basket”), Old English cræt, ceart (“cart, wagon, chariot”), Old Norse kartr (“wagon”), modern English cart. Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”). Alternatively from Latin crātis (“wickerwork”), perhaps from the same PIE root.

Synonyms

packing case banger beater bucket of bolts bucket of rust clunker crate crock flivver hooptie jalopy junker lemon old banger rattletrap rustbucket shed shitbox shitpot shitcan shitbucket tin Lizzie wreck

Derived words

bottle crate crate-dig cratedigger crate-digger crate engine crateful crateload cratemaker cratemaking crate motor crate shy of a load crate training decrate eggcrate egg-crate egg crate gestation crate loot crate milkcrate milk crate prize crate recrate uncrate veal crate
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