Noun

Singular crate

Plural crates

crate (plural crates)

  1. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.

Verb

Infinitive to crate

Third person singular crates

Simple past crated

Past participle crated

Present participle crating

to crate (third-person singular simple present crates, present participle crating, simple past and past participle crated)

  1. To put into a crate.
  2. To keep in a crate.

Anagrams

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Wed Nov 11 09:02:14 2009

A crate is a large shipping container, often made of wood, often used to transport large, heavy or awkward items. A crate has a self-supporting structure, with or without sheathing. For a container to be a crate, all six of its sides must be put in place to result in the rated strength of the container.

Boxes and crates are often confused with one another; mostly when they are made of wood. Contrary to a crate, the strength of a wooden box is rated based on the weight it can carry before the cap (top, ends, and sides) is installed.

History

The first documented writings in the US about shipping crates is in a 1930 handbook (Technical Bulletin No. 171) written by C. A. Plaskett for the US Department of Agriculture although his writing imply that crates were defined before that time. C. A. Plaskett was known for his extensive testing and defining of various components of transport packaging.

Construction

Although the definition of a wooden crate as compared to a wooden box is clear, construction of the two often results in a container that is not clearly a crate or a box. Both wooden crates and wooden boxes are constructed to contain unique items, the design of either a crate or box may use principles from both. In this case, the container will typically be defined by how the edges and corners of the container are constructed. If the sheathing (either plywood or lumber) can be removed, and a framed structure will remain standing, the container would likely be termed a crate. If removal of the sheathing results in no way of fastening the lumber around the edges of the container, the container would likely be termed a wooden box.

Crates can be made of wood, plastic, metal or other materials. The term 'crate' often implies a large and/or strong container. Most plastic crates are smaller and are more commonly called a case or container. Metal is rarely used because of its weight. When metal is used, a crate is often constructed as an 'open crate' and may be termed a 'cage'. Although a crate may be made of any material, for these reasons, the term 'crate' used alone often implies one constructed of wood.

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Q. Im almost positive im getting a bernese mountian dog for my next dog i know almost everything about them. My mom wants to crate it but i said i dont want to. I want to know if crating the dog is the best way to go even though i dont want to. I dont know if berners do well in crates or not.
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A. I have 3 Berners, all of which have been crated as pups. My youngest at 16 months is now 140 pounds, and is still crated. He sleeps in the crate at night, goes into it with no problem, and sees it as his "home". On weekends during the day when we are outside with them and he gets tired, he walks to his crate, goes in, lays down and goes to sleep with the door open. My friends also have a Berner, did not crate him, and he has eaten a nice chunk of the walls, shoes, carpets, etc. Definitely crate, or invest in Home Depot.
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What is the best way to Crate train a puppy?
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A. I had a fabric top crate for my dog and it took about 2 nights with almost no sleep to get her to stop whining and enjoy it. Depending on the size of the crate if you prepared ahead of time it should be fairly large then your supposed to but a box of some sort in the back of the crate so that they don't have room to pee ( i did this) cause they don't like to pee in there sleeping place. so at the same time as your teaching him to like the crate you could also be teaching him to not pee in the house and hold it.
Answered by Natalie R - Tue Dec 29 04:48:39 2009

How do you get your dog to like crate training?
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A. When crate training my puppies I put a safe chew toy(stuffed kong) in with them and leave them. The most important part of crate training is to never approach the crate or let the puppy out when it is making noise. This means letting them howl. I do check on them to make sure they are all right (no pinched toes or something) but it is a quick visual check and then I leave. To get the pup out of the crate I wait in the living room until it has been quiet for a while. I stand up and walk down the hall toward my room with the crate. If there is any noise from the pup I go back to the living room and the process starts again. Pups quickly realize barking causes me to go away.
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