a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.

any completely enclosed boxlike packing or shipping case.

Informal . something rickety and dilapidated, esp. an automobile

They're still driving around in the old crate they bought 20 years ago.

a quantity, esp. of fruit, that is often packed in a crate approximately 2 × 1 × 1 ft. (0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 m)

a crate of oranges.

to pack in a crate.

noun

box , cage , carton , case , chest , package , aircraft , airplane , basket , car , container , cradle , jalopy , pallet , receptacle , vehicle