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Definition of Crates

Crate
Crate Crate (kr?t), n. [L. cratis hurdle; perh. akin to E. cradle. See Hurdle, and cf. Crate a framework.] 1. A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares. 2. A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.
Crate
Crate Crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crated; p. pr. & vb. n. Crating.] To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.

Meaning of Crates from wikipedia

- Specialized crates were designed for specific products, and were often made to be reusable, such as the "bottle crates" for milk and soft drinks. Crates can be...
- Cajón or crate, a percussion instrument in Peru "The Crate", a 1979 short story by Stephen King Crates (name), a given name and surname Crates (comic poet)...
- Veal crates are a close-confinement system of raising veal calves. Many calves raised for veal, including in Canada and the US, were confined in crates which...
- Stoicism. Various fragments of Crates' teachings survive, including his description of the ideal Cynic state. Crates was born c. 365 BC in Thebes. He...
- Look up crates in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crates is a Gr**** given name (Κράτης), pronounced as two syllables. It may refer to: Crates (comic poet)...
- Crates of Tralles (Gr****: Κράτης) was an orator or rhetorician in the school of Isocrates. David Ruhnken (1768) ****igns to Crates of Trallus the logoi...
- the waterlogged crate after being dumped in the 400-foot-deep (120 m) lake. Production designer Cletus Anderson made three prop crates for this segment...
- etc. From this part of his system, Crates derived the surname of Kritikos. Like Aristarchus of Samothrace, Crates gave the greatest attention to the works...
- needed] Milk crates are often stolen for either personal or business use or for the plastic that they are made out of. Theft of milk crates can cost dairies...
- Crates (Gr****: Κράτης) or Craterus (Κρατερός) was a mining (μεταλλευτής metalleutes) and hydraulic engineer, who accompanied Alexander the Great. He was...