1 a large wooden container for transporting goods:
a crate of bananas
2 a container made of plastic or metal divided into small sections, for transporting or storing bottles:
a beer crate
3 the amount of sth contained in a crate:
They drank two crates of beer.
verb [VN] ~ sth (up) to pack sth in a crate
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