From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcratecrate1 /kreɪt/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 
DBa large box made of wood or plastic that is used for carrying fruit, bottles etccrate of a crate of beer2 TT old-fashioned a very old car or plane that does not work very well
DBa large box made of wood or plastic that is used for carrying fruit, bottles etccrate of a crate of beer2 TT old-fashioned a very old car or plane that does not work very wellExamples from the Corpus
crate• a crate of beer• He sat down quickly on the Bendix crate to bring himself closer to my level.• Above him vast silver dirigibles moved in the morning sky, great black crates strung beneath them.• The informant showed gun crates marked with the names of Norinco and Poly Technologies to an undercover agent.• Beer was bottled each day, then labelled and put into crates.• Houses were shoulder-high, made of old packing crates and strips of sheet metal, the walls stuffed with cardboard and rags.• a big plastic crate for storing toys• Go up and left, killing both the guards and the policeman with the crates.• Hall threw in the third crate for a Quinn goal that was disallowed.• A pound and a quarter of C-4 explosive was tied with an explosive cord to wooden crates holding the rockets.cratecrate2 (also crate up) verb [transitive] PUTto pack things into a crate→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
crate• The $ 3 million Mitsubishi scoreboard lay crated in a loading area.• Hearst had to pay 65 laborers for nine months to dismantle the monastery, crate it up and move it.From Longman Business Dictionarycratecrate /kreɪt/ noun [countable] a strong wooden, metal, or plastic box with an open top used for keeping things in, especially when moving them from one place to anotherOrigin crate1 (1300-1400) Latin cratis “framework of thin woven branches” 