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Word entry · 5 letters

crate

Best crossword clue

"Shipping container"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɹeɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acertStarts with CEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. put into a crate; as for protection

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • I will make this box of electronics and computer chips fly like no other spaceship has ever flown. Mission Control wanted to see what this crate could do.
  • And Rust never compiles modules separately, even if they're in separate files: when you build a Rust crate, you're recompiling all of its modules.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Shipping container5 letters
02Wooden shipping box5 letters

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