crate

caisse

Grande boîte solide, souvent en bois, servant à ranger ou transporter des marchandises.

En anglais simple : A large strong box, often wooden, used for storing or moving goods.

• The bottles are in a crate.
• They loaded wooden crates onto the truck.
• We bought a crate of apples.

Comment l'utiliser : a crate of something (He carried a crate of oranges.)

Synonymes : box

Expressions courantes : wooden crate, crate of something, empty crate

mettre en caisse

Mettre quelque chose dans une grande boîte solide pour le ranger ou le transporter.

En anglais simple : To put something in a large strong box for storage or transport.

• They crate the paintings before shipping them.
• The furniture was crated for the journey.
• Can you crate these goods today?

Synonymes : pack, box

Contraires : unpack

Expressions courantes : crate something up, crate the furniture, crate the goods