crate
verb/kreɪt/
/kreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they crate | /kreɪt/ /kreɪt/ |
| he / she / it crates | /kreɪts/ /kreɪts/ |
| past simple crated | /ˈkreɪtɪd/ /ˈkreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle crated | /ˈkreɪtɪd/ /ˈkreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form crating | /ˈkreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkreɪtɪŋ/ |
- crate something (up) to pack something in a crate
- Any extra parts will have to be crated and shipped separately.
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch krat ‘tailboard of a wagon’, earlier ‘box of a coach’, of unknown origin.Definitions on the go
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