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crate

/kɹeɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
  2. (mildly) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
  3. In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.
  4. To put into a crate.
  5. To keep in a crate.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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