milkcrate

noun

milkcrate

noun

Etymology From milk + crate.

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A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.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.1998, Jervey Tervalon, Jervey Tervalon, Living for the city, link:
Related terms
banana box, egg crate, soap box

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