crate
noun
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
uncrated
-
a word derived from
crate.
Example Sentences
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“In addition, jet bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, are now being uncrated and assembled in Cuba, while the necessary air bases are being prepared.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
You can even put the dog, who may be resting uncrated at your feet, on the phone to say hello.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
After the seven-ton granite block was uncrated and the huge yellow crane had lowered it into place, workers brushed off the snow and Richard Dean walked over to look at his grandfather’s name.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021
In Washington, the ICC recommended that the ferry line between Weehawken, N.J. and Manhattan help meet higher operating costs by increasing the fare for uncrated elephants from $1.40 to $2.80.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once in the square, he and his men uncrated the wine but left the two heavy chests on the wagon which was hitched to a powerful little six-legged Jeep.
From Rastignac the Devil by Philip José Farmer
