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# crate

«crate» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big strong box, often made of wood or plastic slats…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (crate, crates); verb (crate — to pack in a crate)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A crate is a big strong box, often made of wood or plastic slats, used to carry or store things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#m1)

2) A dog crate is a box-like cage where a dog sleeps or travels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a container with a number of things in each; crates × things in each crate gives the total; crates needed = total ÷ each. In everyday life: crates of fruit at the market, milk crates, a crate for a puppy. Phrases: «a crate of apples», «packing crate», «milk crate».

### examples

- Each crate holds 24 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x1)
- They loaded 15 crates onto the truck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x2)
- How many crates are needed for 96 bottles? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x3)
- A crate of oranges weighs 20 kg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x4)
- The puppy sleeps in a crate at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x5)
- The farmer stacked the crates in the barn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x6)
- We used an old crate as a step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x7)
- The ship carried hundreds of crates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a crate». Maths: «each crate holds n» is a rate: total = crates × n, crates = total ÷ n. Trap: if there is a remainder, you need one more crate for the leftovers.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.