A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. / (slang, mildly derogatory) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.

(transitive) To put into a crate. / (transitive) To keep in a crate.

plural of crate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crate

simple past tense and past participle of crate

(informal) As much as a crate would hold

plural of crateful

present participle of crate

a partitioned area with restricted light and space in which a calf is reared for slaughter

A container used for transport of beverage containers. In the present day they are usually made of plastic, but before the widespread use of plastic they tended to be made of wood or metal.