crate
noun
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
crated
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past participleof crate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof crate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cratenouna slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
Example Sentences
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Staged in Philadelphia by Eleonora Gravagnola, it is set in a modern-day art gallery, where a traveling exhibit is being crated up for transfer to its next location.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
At first, Ms. Sheridan crated Nala and left the apartment for a while each day to prepare the dog for their imminent separation.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
The 16-foot-high gilded crucifix is stored in crated sections, Jesus lying akimbo in the garage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
If your dog is used to being crated, have them go in their crate, Howe said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
I hurried to the kitchen, where she was crated.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
