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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kreyt
Phonetic Transcription : kreɪt



Definition of crating

Origin :
  • "large box," 1680s, earlier "hurdle, grillwork" (late 14c.), from Latin cratis "wickerwork, lattice, kitchen-rack," or from Dutch krat "basket;" both perhaps from a common PIE root *kert- "to turn, entwine" (see hurdle (n.)).
  • As in case : noun container; items in container
  • As in box : verb place in square or rectangular container
Example sentences :
  • Gathering, bundling, crating, and shipping are all to be watched carefully.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • "I guess we'll be crating from now till tonight without a stop," he said unhappily.
  • Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg
  • It can be used for crating and for partitions and other purposes in loading the car.
  • Extract from : « Canada West 1914 » by Unknown
  • Through the transparent walls he could see the staff packing the records, crating them for shipment.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • Ten million feet of lumber were used, chiefly in boxing and crating, as very little wood is now used in the reaper.
  • Extract from : « Inventors » by Philip Gengembre Hubert
  • She found even the wrapping of chair legs with excelsior, and the crating of bureau and tables, interesting.
  • Extract from : « Chicken Little Jane » by Lily Munsell Ritchie
  • At Wargla the explorers remained for several days, boxing and crating their specimens and antiquities.
  • Extract from : « Captured by the Arabs » by James H. Foster
  • Mother, you know very well what the crating and freight would have cost, and you sold your stuff for more than it was worth.
  • Extract from : « Polly in New York » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • This plan would save time, and also the cost of crating and expressage if done at Tarrytown.
  • Extract from : « Natalie: A Garden Scout » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

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