crates

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a box made of wood, plastic, or metal, especially one divided into parts to hold bottles:

a milk crate

a crate of empty bottles

a packing crate

a cage with a bed that a dog, especially a puppy, sleeps in and stays in when its owners are away from home

to put something into a crate, especially in order to move it

to put a dog in a crate:

Do you crate her at night?

a large wooden box, used esp. for packing, storing, or sending things:

The wooden shipping crates were unloaded at the dock.

an large box made of wood, plastic, or metal, used for storing or transporting things:

In harbors like the Port of Hong Kong, giant cranes pull several million metal crates out of container ships every year.