crate

Εννοια (English)

Noun

1. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
2. (slang) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
3. In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.

Verb

1. To put into a crate.
2. To keep in a crate.

Synonyms

box

📦

case

crateful

chest

carton

hamper

sack

basket

🧺

tin

bucket

🪣

urn

jar

🫙

vessel

jug

container

bottle

can

pail

pot

pack up

pannier

pudding

punnet

shirttail

skep

tub

vat

elevator car

wooden box

bandbox

bone shaker

blow away

body

bodywork

boxes

cage

car

🚗

cartons

casserole

coffin

⚰️

drawer

ferry

⛴️

gondola

handbasket

holdall

jalopy

pack

package

📦

packing case

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/kɹeɪt/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Cognate with Δυτικά Φριζικά: kret

Cognate with Γερμανικά: Krätze

Cognate with Παλαιά Αγγλικά: cræt

Cognate with Παλαιά Νορβηγικά: kartr

Cognate with Αγγλικά: cart

Cognate with Σανσκριτικά: ग्रन्थ

In summary

From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”), from Old Dutch *kratta, *kratto (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kratjô, *krattijô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“plaiting, wicker, basket, cradle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bind, twist, wind”).
Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow”), German Krätze (“basket”), Old English cræt, ceart (“cart, wagon, chariot”), Old Norse kartr (“wagon”), modern English cart. Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).
Alternatively from Latin crātis (“wickerwork”), perhaps from the same PIE root.