Plural of crate
regular plural
The plural of crate is crates.
Forms of crate
| Singular | crate /kɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | crates /kɹeɪts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Crates in a sentence
- Among the arrests is a man charged with possession of stolen goods, to wit: 50 beer crates.From the entry to wit
- I hurt my back lifting those crates.From the entry back
- Can you get the door? I'm carrying these heavy crates.From the entry get the door
- I was lucky enough to get six free crates of beans every week.2013, Simon Mitchell, The Great Stinkathlon. From the entry silent-but-violent
- Typically, egg crates are covered with waterproof pads and then sheets.2012, Seth B. Goldsmith, Understanding Health Care Management, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry egg crate
Meaning of crate
- noun A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
- noun A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
- noun In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.
Questions about the plural of crate
- What is the plural of crate?
- The plural of crate is crates.
- Is crate countable?
- Crate is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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