1. A rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
   "They packed the fragile items in a wooden crate for safe transport"
    
2. The quantity contained in a crate
   "They harvested a crate of apples from the orchard";
   - crateful

1. Put into a crate; as for protection
   "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum"

Derived forms: crated, crates, crating

Type of: box, case, containerful, encase, incase [rare]

Antonym: uncrate

Encyclopedia: Crate