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noun ADJ. sealed | upturned The cat was sitting on an upturned crate. | beer, milk, orange | shipping Their possessions had all been packed into shipping crates. QUANT. pile, stack VERB + CRATE pile, stack They stacked the crates in the corner of the yard. | pack (sth in/into), unpack They packed the crates with books. | load, unload | ship a company specializing in shipping crates CRATE + VERB contain sth PREP. ~ of a crate of oranges
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