crate

CEFRB2

/kɹeɪt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large wooden or plastic box used for carrying things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.

Examples

  • I suppose you'll need a crowbar to open that crate.

  • Tom opened up the crate with a crowbar and took out a stick of dynamite.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.

  2. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To put into a crate.

More examples

In context

  • Tom used a crowbar to pry open the lid of the crate.

  • I will make this box of electronics and computer chips fly like no other spaceship has ever flown. Mission Control wanted to see what this crate could do.

  • And Rust never compiles modules separately, even if they're in separate files: when you build a Rust crate, you're recompiling all of its modules.

Synonyms

Quick test

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The farmer packed the apples into a wooden blank for shipping.

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Origin

noun

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.