crate en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kɹeɪt/
- (US) audio
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
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(derogatory, mildly, slang) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
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.
2010, Gillian Coleby, Knocking on the Moonlit Door, page 99:They shook the head of the unconscious pilot and when the latter opened his eyes, blinking wildly, the other members of the family lifted up the tail of the overturned crate sufficiently high enough to enable the dazed pilot, after releasing his belt, to fall out of the cockpit head first and disengage himself from the crack-up.
1936 November, Joseph R. James, “More Gates Air Circus Antics”, in Popular Aviation:
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In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.
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.
2017, Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 166:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
crateload · loot crate · cratedigger · crate motor · veal crate · crate shy of a load · prize crate · crateful · cratemaking · decrate · crate-dig · milkcrate · cratemaker · uncrate · gestation crate · recrate · milk crate · eggcrate · crate engine · crate-digger · bottle crate · crate training · egg crate · egg-crate
Hypernyms
Synonyms
bucket of bolts · hooptie · shitcan · clunker · gas guzzler · wreck · bucket of rust · beater · banger · rattletrap · lemon · tin Lizzie · packing case · crate · shed · shitbox · old banger · crock · junker · flivver · shitbucket · jalopy · rustbucket · shitpot
Translations (60)
mi kereti (box or basket) · it cesto (box or basket) · sv packlår (box or basket) · vi thùng (box or basket) · fr cageot (box or basket) · es jaba (box or basket) · cmn 條板箱 /条板箱 (box or basket) · nl krat (box or basket) · mk са́ндак (box or basket) · ru клеть (box or basket) · sw kreti (box or basket) · th ลัง (box or basket) · de Kiste (box or basket) · sk prepravka (box or basket) · mk га́јба (box or basket) · es guacal (box or basket) · ru я́щик (box or basket) · vi két (box or basket) · es cajón (box or basket) · nn kasse (box or basket) · sh koleto (box or basket) · mi kereiti (box or basket) · sw sanduku (box or basket) · sl zaboj (box or basket) · az yeşik (box or basket) · gd cliath-bhogsa (box or basket) · es jaulón (box or basket) · tfr shin (box or basket) · sv spjällåda (box or basket) · de Kasten (box or basket) · sq arkë (box or basket) · pt engradado (box or basket) · id krat (box or basket) · ro ladă (box or basket) · bg щайга (box or basket) · kmr sindoq (box or basket) · ru корзи́на (box or basket) · nb kasse (box or basket) · pl skrzynka (box or basket) · cmn 板條箱 /板条箱 (box or basket) · tr kasa (box or basket) · cs bedna (box or basket) · es canil (box or basket) · sh сандук (box or basket) · fi laatikko (box or basket) · sk krabica (box or basket) · hu rekesz (box or basket) · fi kori (box or basket) · ar فِنْطَاس (box or basket) · fr caisse (box or basket) · es transportín (box or basket) · sh sanduk (box or basket) · sk debna (box or basket) · sv back (box or basket) · fi sälelaatikko (box or basket) · he אַרְגָּז (box or basket) · sk škatuľa (box or basket) · ru конте́йнер (box or basket) · es huacal (box or basket) · sh колето (box or basket)