Milkcrate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.

    "After closing the window and tossing the milkcrate into the weeds, he returned to Garvy who was pissed off for being left in the alley for so long."

Example

More examples

"After closing the window and tossing the milkcrate into the weeds, he returned to Garvy who was pissed off for being left in the alley for so long."

Etymology

From milk + crate.

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