crate
A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goodsA large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
» How many crates are there?
Сколько там ящиков?
Скільки там ящиків?
Meaning
3 sensesA large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
Kiste, Kasten
я́щикjáščik, клетьkletʹ, корзи́наkorzína
a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
(derogatory, mildly, slang)A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.
Examples
50 sentencesHow many crates are there?
Скільки там ящиків? — deniko
ruСколько там ящиков? — odexed
Tom helped Mary open the crate.
ruТом помог Мэри открыть ящик. — marafon
I wonder what's in that crate.
Tom can't lift that crate by himself.
deTom kann die Kiste da nicht alleine heben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I can't lift this crate by myself.
Translations
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Origin
From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”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”).
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Forms
plural: cratesSynonyms
25 synonyms- the quantity contained in a crate:crateful