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Definition crate

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 *gred-, *gre(n)t- (“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.

Alternatively from Latin cr?tis (“wickerwork”), perhaps from the same PIE root.

Noun

crate (plural crates)

1. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. [from 1680s]
2. (slang, mildly derogatory) An aircraft or spacecraft.
3. (programming) In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.

Verb

crate (third-person singular simple present crates, present participle crating, simple past and past participle crated)

1. (transitive) To put into a crate. [from 1871]
2. (transitive) To keep in a crate.

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