crate

Other forms of crate

plural

crates·

past tense

crated·

present participle

crating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crate

What does crate mean?

crate means "a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crate?

crate has 1 syllable: crate. In IPA it is /ˈkɹeɪt/.

What is another word for crate?

Close synonyms include crateful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of crate?

The recorded antonyms are uncrate.

Is crate a common word?

crate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with crate?

2 words rhyme with crate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.