crate

A large strong box, often wooden, used for storing or moving goods.

• The bottles are in a crate.
• They loaded wooden crates onto the truck.
• We bought a crate of apples.

How to use it: a crate of something (He carried a crate of oranges.)

Similar words: box

Common phrases: wooden crate, crate of something, empty crate

To put something in a large strong box for storage or transport.

• They crate the paintings before shipping them.
• The furniture was crated for the journey.
• Can you crate these goods today?

Similar words: pack, box

Opposites: unpack

Common phrases: crate something up, crate the furniture, crate the goods