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milkcrate

milkcrate noun: a cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.

Noun

milkcrate (plural milkcrates)

  1. A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.
    • After closing the window and tossing the milkcrate into the weeds, he returned to Garvy who was pissed off for being left in the alley for so long.1998, Jervey Tervalon, Jervey Tervalon, Living for the city, link

Forms of milkcrate

pluralmilkcrates
alternative formmilk crate

Origin of milkcrate

From milk + crate.

Questions about milkcrate

What does milkcrate mean?
Milkcrate means a cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.
What part of speech is milkcrate?
Milkcrate is a noun.
What is the plural of milkcrate?
The plural of milkcrate is milkcrates.

Words near milkcrate in the dictionary

  1. milkboys
  2. milkbush
  3. milkbushes
  4. milkcap
  5. milkcaps
  6. milkcrate
  7. milkcrates
  8. Milkdromeda
  9. milke
  10. milked
  11. milked the clock

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