CRATE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for CRATE, such as:

1. A crane was already unloading crates and pallets.
2. They stacked the crates in the corner of the yard.
3. She loaded up his collection of vintage wines into crates.
4. I shall stand behind this crate, and do you conceal yourselves behind those.
5. A large glass or plastic bottle, usually encased in a protective basket or crate and often used to hold corrosive liquids.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
crate
 n.  large basket, used for moving china or similar wares; box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces
Classic Sentence:
1  On the day appointed for the banquet, a grocer's van drove up from Willingdon and delivered a large wooden crate at the farmhouse.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
2  I shall stand behind this crate, and do you conceal yourselves behind those.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
3  Near him, there was a bare-footed man sitting on a crate and reading a newspaper.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Two First Cross-examination
4  Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  A long line of boys carrying crates of striped tulips, and of yellow and red roses, defiled in front of him, threading their way through the huge, jade-green piles of vegetables.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
Example Sentence:
1  A large glass or plastic bottle, usually encased in a protective basket or crate and often used to hold corrosive liquids.
2  A crane was already unloading crates and pallets.
3  They stacked the crates in the corner of the yard.
4  She loaded up his collection of vintage wines into crates.