crate A crate is a large shipping container, often made of wood, typically used to transport or store large, heavy items. Steel and aluminium crates are also used. Specialized crates were designed for specific products, and were often made to be reus ...

is a large strong container, often made of wood. Crate or Crates may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Crate Entertainment Crate Entertainment is an American independent video game developer based in Massachusetts. The company was publicly announced on February 18, 2008 by former members of Iron Lore Entertainment. History Following Iron Lore Entertainment's fail ...

, a US video game developer *

Cajón A cajón ( ; "box, crate, drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or st ...

or crate, a percussion instrument in Peru * " The Crate", a 1979 short story by Stephen King

People

* Crates (name), a given name and surname *

Crates (comic poet) Crates () was an Athenian Old Comic poet, who was victorious three times at the City Dionysia, first probably in 450 BC. His career had apparently ended by 424 BC, when Aristophanes portrays him in ''The Knights'' as a figure from the past. Before ...

(probably fl. late 450s or very early 440s BC), Old Comedy poet and actor from Athens * Crates (engineer), 4th century BC engineer who accompanied Alexander the Great *

Chuck Crate Charles Brandle Crate (January 26, 1915 – March 7, 1992) was a Canadian fascist who was the leader of the Canadian Union of Fascists. Fascist politics Crate became leader of the Canadian Union of Fascists while a student at York Memorial C ...

(1916–1992), Canadian fascist and leader of the Canadian Union of Fascists

Places

Crate Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota Crate Township is a township in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 247 at the 2000 census. Crate Township was named for Francis Lucretius "Crate" Beasley, an early settler. Geography According to the United States Cens ...

, United States

Technology

Modular crate electronics Modular crate electronics are a general type of electronics and support infrastructure commonly used for trigger electronics and data acquisition in particle detectors. These types of electronics are common in such detectors because all the elec ...

Ilyushin Il-14 The Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO reporting name: Crate) is a Soviet twin-engine commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950 in aviation, 1950, and entered service in 1954. The Il-14 was also manufactured in East ...

(NATO reporting name: Crate), a Soviet aircraft * Crate engine, an automobile engine spec replacement shipped in a crate container. Crate Late Model and Crate Modified are classes named after the specification *

CrateIO CrateDB is a distributed SQL database management system that integrates a fully searchable document-oriented data store. It is open-source, written in Java, based on a shared-nothing architecture, and designed for high scalability. CrateDB inclu ...

, a fully searchable document oriented data store * Packages in rust are called crates.

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