Crate vs. Box
Difference Between Crate and Box
Cratenoun
A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
Boxnoun
Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
Cratenoun
An aircraft or spacecraft.
Boxnoun
A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
Cratenoun
(programming) In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.
Boxnoun
A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
a box of booksCrateverb
(transitive) To put into a crate.
Boxnoun
A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
Crateverb
(transitive) To keep in a crate.
Boxnoun
A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
post boxpost office boxCratenoun
a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
Boxnoun
A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
Cratenoun
the quantity contained in a crate
Boxnoun
The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.
Crateverb
put into a crate; as for protection;
crate the paintings before shipping them to the museumBoxnoun
A small rectangular shelter; a booth.
Boxnoun
(figuratively) A predicament or trap.
I’m really in a box now.Boxnoun
(euphemistic) A coffin.
Boxnoun
(slang) Preceded by the: television.
Boxnoun
The vagina.
Boxnoun
A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
a UNIX boxBoxnoun
(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
Boxnoun
(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
Boxnoun
(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
Boxnoun
(dated) A small country house.
Boxnoun
Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
Boxnoun
A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
Place a tick in the box.This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box.Boxnoun
(baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
Boxnoun
(genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
Boxnoun
(juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
Boxnoun
(soccer) The penalty area.
Boxnoun
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
Boxnoun
The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
Boxnoun
A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
Boxnoun
(Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
Boxnoun
A blow with the fist.
Boxnoun
(dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
Boxverb
(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
Boxverb
(transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
Boxverb
(transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
Boxverb
To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
Boxverb
To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
Boxverb
To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
Boxverb
To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
Boxverb
To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
Boxverb
(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
box someone’s earsLeave this place before I box you!Boxverb
To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
Boxverb
To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
Boxnoun
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid;
he rummaged through a box of spare partsBoxnoun
private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance;
the royal box was emptyBoxnoun
the quantity contained in a box;
he gave her a box of chocolatesBoxnoun
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;
his lying got him into a tight cornerBoxnoun
a rectangular drawing;
the flowchart contained many boxesBoxnoun
evergreen shrubs or small trees
Boxnoun
any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned;
the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's boxBoxnoun
the driver's seat on a coach;
an armed guard sat in the box with the driverBoxnoun
separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people;
the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the coldBoxnoun
a blow with the hand (usually on the ear);
I gave him a good box on the earBoxverb
put into a box;
box the gift, pleaseBoxverb
hit with the fist;
I'll box your ears!Boxverb
engage in a boxing match
