CRATE
What does "CRATE" mean?
A slatted wooden or plastic box used for storing or transporting goods.
Meanings
- A large container, often of wooden slats, for packing and moving goods. The movers loaded the crate of dishes into the truck.
- To pack something into a crate for storage or shipping. They crated the sculpture carefully before the flight.
- An old or dilapidated vehicle or aircraft. That rusty old crate barely made it up the hill. informal
Word origin
Probably from Latin 'cratis' meaning 'wickerwork, lattice, hurdle'; the same root gives English 'hurdle' and 'grate'.
Remember it
A CRATE is a great box - rhyme it with 'great' (same -ate sound) to lock the spelling.
A little poem
Stamped FRAGILE in red-
the whole of someone's old life
rattles in the dark.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the apple feel safe in transit? It was in a crate condition.
What it teaches
What protects a thing in transit can also hide what it has become; open the crate before you trust the label.
Quick facts
What does CRATE mean?
A slatted wooden or plastic box used for storing or transporting goods.
Is CRATE a valid word?
Yes — CRATE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRATE?
CRATE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CRATE come from?
Probably from Latin 'cratis' meaning 'wickerwork, lattice, hurdle'; the same root gives English 'hurdle' and 'grate'.
What can CRATE teach us?
What protects a thing in transit can also hide what it has become; open the crate before you trust the label.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.