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   crate

   /kreɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a slatted wooden case used for transporting goods: "a crate of bananas"
   • ▪ a square rigid container divided into small units, used for transporting or storing bottles: "a milk crate"
   • 2. an old and dilapidated vehicle: informal "you wouldn't believe the age of some of the crates I've driven"

   verb

   • 1. pack (something) in a crate for transportation: "fruit and vegetables were being sorted and crated"

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch krat ‘tailboard of a wagon’, earlier ‘box of a coach’, of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. crateful noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • R

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   • A

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