CRATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRATE?

Need another word that means the same as “crate”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “crate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crate” are: crateful, case, packing case, chest, coffer, trunk, box, casket, strongbox, basket, hamper, pack, bin, drum, container, receptacle, carton, packet, package, automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine, parcel, wrap, bundle, bale

Crate as a Noun

Definitions of "Crate" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crate” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A slatted wooden case used for transporting goods.
• A rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping.
• An old and dilapidated vehicle.
• A square rigid container divided into small units, used for transporting or storing bottles.
• The quantity contained in a crate.

Synonyms of "Crate" as a noun (25 Words)

automobile	A car.
basket	Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball. Click on the order button to add a title to your basket.
bin	The quantity contained in a bin. A compost bin.
box	The contents of a box. We sat around watching the box.
carton	The quantity contained in a carton. A carton of milk.
case	The quantity contained in a case. That was not the case.
casket	A small wooden box for cremated ashes. A small brass casket containing four black opals.
chest	A small cabinet for medicines, toiletries, etc. An oak chest.
coffer	A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling. There is not enough money in the coffers to finance the reforms.
container	A discrete environment set up within an operating system in which one or more applications may be run, typically assigned only those resources necessary for the application to function correctly. A container ship.
conveyance	The legal process of transferring property from one owner to another. Such protective measures might be taken before the conveyance is concluded.
crateful	The quantity contained in a crate.
drum	A military drummer. He could hear the drums before he heard the fifes.
hamper	A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner. A picnic hamper.
machine	A person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine. He was endorsed by the Democratic machine.
means of transport	How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
motor vehicle	Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion.
motorized vehicle	A medium for the expression or achievement of something.
pack	A convenient package or parcel as of cigarettes or film. A pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey.
package	A package holiday. Someone had left a suspicious package.
packet	The contents of a packet. One man was fined 25 for dropping a crisp packet from his car window.
packing case	Carrying something in a pack on the back.
receptacle	An organ or structure which receives a secretion, eggs, sperm, etc. Fast food receptacles.
strongbox	A strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked.
trunk	The main part of an artery, nerve, or other anatomical structure from which smaller branches arise. He put his golf bag in the trunk.

Usage Examples of "Crate" as a noun

• You wouldn't believe the age of some of the crates I've driven.
• A crate of bananas.
• A milk crate.

Crate as a Verb

Definitions of "Crate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Put into a crate; as for protection.
• Pack (something) in a crate for transportation.

Synonyms of "Crate" as a verb (6 Words)

bale	Make up into bales. The straw is left on the field to be baled later.
bundle	Make into a bundle. He was bundled into a van.
pack	Load with a pack. He packs a gun and keeps it at the ready.
package	Put into a box. It s a question of trying to package the book properly.
parcel	Make something into a parcel by wrapping it. Parcel rope.
wrap	Place an arm, finger, or leg round. Words are wrapped to the next line if they are too long.

Usage Examples of "Crate" as a verb

• Fruit and vegetables were being sorted and crated.
• Crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum.

Associations of "Crate" (30 Words)

attache	A specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission.
backpack	Hike with a backpack. A week s backpacking in the Pyrenees.
bag	The amount contained in a bag. An estimated bag of 3 000 ducks.
box	The quantity contained in a box. He gave her a box of chocolates.
bundle	Make into a bundle. She made a bundle selling real estate.
burden	Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to. The tax burden on low wage earners.
carousel	A tournament in which groups of knights took part in demonstrations of equestrian skills. They were waiting for their bags to appear on the carousel.
carrousel	A conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers.
case	Enclose in or as if in a case. It was a case of bad judgment.
knapsack	A soldier’s or hiker’s bag with shoulder straps, carried on the back, and typically made of canvas or other weatherproof material.
load	Fill or place a load on. There s loads to see here even when it rains.
lug	Carry with difficulty. She began to lug her suitcase down the stairs.
luggage	Cases used to carry belongings when traveling. Carrying emotional luggage from the past.
pack	Seal with packing. A pack of girls in Georgia s class have been making her life a misery.
package	A package holiday. Someone had left a suspicious package.
packet	Make up into or wrap up in a packet. Packeted fruit pies.
packing	A charge made when delivering goods to cover the cost of packing them. Polystyrene packing.
paperback	A book with paper covers. The paperback edition of her biography.
parcel	Make something into a parcel by wrapping it. Parcel rope.
pile	Place or lay as if in a pile. For uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction.
pocket	Enclose as though in a pocket. A pocket German dictionary.
portmanteau	A large travelling bag, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts. Podcast is a portmanteau a made up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcast.
pouch	Put into a pouch. He pouched his fifth first prize by beating Higginson in the final.
sack	Put in a sack. Any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot.
sheaf	A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing. He waved a sheaf of papers in the air.
shipping	Ships considered collectively, especially those in a particular area or belonging to a particular country. A shipping company.
stow	Fill by packing tightly. Stow the cart.
stuff	Fill with a stuffing while cooking. He s into all that running and swimming and stuff.
suitcase	A case with a handle and a hinged lid, used for carrying clothes and other personal possessions. Three huge suitcases and a plethora of hand baggage.
unpack	Remove (something) from a suitcase, bag, or package. I haven t unpacked yet.