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crate

noun as in wooden container

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Amid applause, the pint-size canine trotted to her crate for treats, water and rest until the next round of the North American Weight Pull Association competition.

His family says they fill large crates with 500 pounds of lemons, oranges and grapefruit, often in triple-digit heat without any company-paid breaks.

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Penelope ran in a zigzag, ducking behind crates and heaps of coiled rope as she made her way to the ships.

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One of the most amazing of all had to do with the hundreds of large wooden crates in which so much of the cargo-turned-artifacts was packed.

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Sotheby’s old York Avenue space was designed to be a one-stop-shop for art, so consigned pieces arrived in crates, were photographed and cataloged, then cleaned and reframed if needed—and eventually sold.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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