crate

cajón, caja

Caja grande y resistente, a menudo de madera, para guardar o transportar mercancías.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: a crate of something (He carried a crate of oranges.)

Sinónimos: box

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden crate, crate of something, empty crate

embalar, encajonar

Meter algo en una caja grande y resistente para guardarlo o transportarlo.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Sinónimos: pack, box

Antónimos: unpack

Expresiones frecuentes: crate something up, crate the furniture, crate the goods