Crate vs. Box

Crate vs. Box — Is There a Difference?
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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 books
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Crateverb

(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 box

Cratenoun

a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping

Boxnoun

A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

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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 museum

Boxnoun

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 box

Boxnoun

(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 parts

Boxnoun

private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance;

the royal box was empty

Boxnoun

the quantity contained in a box;

he gave her a box of chocolates

Boxnoun

a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

his lying got him into a tight corner

Boxnoun

a rectangular drawing;

the flowchart contained many boxes

Boxnoun

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 box

Boxnoun

the driver's seat on a coach;

an armed guard sat in the box with the driver

Boxnoun

separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people;

the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold

Boxnoun

a blow with the hand (usually on the ear);

I gave him a good box on the ear

Boxverb

put into a box;

box the gift, please

Boxverb

hit with the fist;

I'll box your ears!

Boxverb

engage in a boxing match