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
First the Australian land promoter and mining tycoon uncrated 20,000 cans of Aussie Courage beer in a resort that prefers champagne or gin-and-tonics.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Kennedy rejoined us, the vase had been completely uncrated, Aunt Josephine signed for it, and, grumbling a bit, the expressmen left.
From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
