crate
noun
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
uncrate
-
a word derived from
crate.
Example Sentences
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Keller was waiting inside the museum for workers to uncrate a 125-pound companion piece — a floppy-eared, bug-eyed bronze "mask" about the size of a sofa.
From US News ● Oct. 17, 2014
His job was to make candies and sweets, uncrate the fruits, and to keep the place clean.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
After a hasty meal in the lonely galley, Bluewater Bill set to work to uncrate the little launch.
From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by John Henry Goldfrap
