What is another word for crate?

Pronunciation: [kɹˈe͡ɪt] (IPA)

A crate is a container made of wood or plastic that is primarily used to store or move objects. It is a versatile item but has several synonyms that can be used in its place. Some common synonyms for crate include box, container, case, chest, casket, pack, and trunk. Each of these synonyms has a slightly different association or connotation, and their use may depend on the context in which they are used. Regardless of the term used, the purpose of a crate remains the same - to safely transport or store goods, whether for personal or commercial use.

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What are the paraphrases for Crate?

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What are the hypernyms for Crate?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Crate?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for crate (as nouns)

    • artifact
      box.
  • hyponyms for crate (as verbs)

What are the opposite words for crate?

Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning to another word. The antonyms for the word "crate" include words like unpack, scatter, disperse, distribute, and separate. When we say the word "crate," we usually mean to put things into a confined space to contain them. However, the antonyms give us an idea of what it means to take things out of that confined space and put them into different areas. When we unpack a crate, we are taking things out of it and scattering them around. To distribute items means to give them out to various places or people. Therefore, the antonyms for crate give us a picture of the opposite of the action of putting things in a crate.

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Usage examples for Crate

It was a little machine concealed in the lining of an ordinary air-freight crate, as I recall.
"The Instant of Now"
Irving E. Cox, Jr.
In about two weeks, here came another crate with the greater part of the balance of said tea wagon.
"Epistles-from-Pap-Letters-from-the-man-known-as-The-Will-Rogers-of-Indiana"
Durham, Andrew Everett
The Elephant got up on a strong, empty onion crate, and stood there with the Shovel, the Rake and the Pick standing in a row in front of him.
"The Story of a Stuffed Elephant"
Laura Lee Hope

Famous quotes with Crate

  • I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me.
    Mitch Hedberg
  • We sat on a crate of oranges and thought what good men most biologists are, the tenors of the scientific world — temperamental, moody, lecherous, loud-laughing, and healthy.[…] Your true biologist will sing you a song as loud and off-key as will a blacksmith, for he knows that morals are too often diagnostic of prostatitis and stomach ulcers. Sometimes he may proliferate a little too much in all directions, but he is as easy to kill as any other organism, and meanwhile he is very good company, and at least he does not confuse a low hormone productivity with moral ethics.
    John Steinbeck
  • "To me, Clark Kent in a phone booth and Houdini in a packing crate, they were one and the same thing," he would learnedly expound at WonderCon or Angoulême or to the editor of . "You weren't the same person when you came out as when you went in."
    Michael Chabon

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