milk crate
noun
plural milk crates
: a small crate (see crate entry 1 sense 1a) for transporting or storing bottles or cartons of milk or other dairy products
also
: a crate that resembles a milk crate
I've stacked three milk crates behind it that hold all my dishes. … I got those milk crates at Walmart, too. —
Katie Cavin
Katie Cavin Time to buy all the stuff you need to outfit your dorm room. Bed risers. Storage boxes. … Plastic milk crates. —Judy Stark
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So in June, the team of researchers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission placed 208 queen conchs in milk crates and moved them to an offshore herd, reports the Guardian’s Alex Harris.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
At Molasses Key, the team quickly found several dozen adult conchs and loaded them into oversized blue milk crates to haul back to the boat.
—Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
So scientists have a rescue plan: load the inshore conchs into milk crates, ferry them to colonies in deep water, and let nature run its course.
—Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
TikTok has given the world some unusual fads, from cooking chicken in NyQuil to stepping on a pyramid of milk crates.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 21 June 2024
On Tuesday, with Hamilton Hall’s doors barricaded, students used a milk crate on a pulley to lift supplies into the building through an upper-floor window.
—Isa Farfan, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
Wilson Chin’s turntable set accommodates not much more than a twin bed, a milk crate, a table, three chairs and a small stove.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks.
—Jake Offenhartz, Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2023
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks, with water close to waist-deep in the middle of some streets.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
At Molasses Key, the team quickly found several dozen adult conchs and loaded them into oversized blue milk crates to haul back to the boat.
—Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
So scientists have a rescue plan: load the inshore conchs into milk crates, ferry them to colonies in deep water, and let nature run its course.
—Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
TikTok has given the world some unusual fads, from cooking chicken in NyQuil to stepping on a pyramid of milk crates.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 21 June 2024
On Tuesday, with Hamilton Hall’s doors barricaded, students used a milk crate on a pulley to lift supplies into the building through an upper-floor window.
—Isa Farfan, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
Wilson Chin’s turntable set accommodates not much more than a twin bed, a milk crate, a table, three chairs and a small stove.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks.
—Jake Offenhartz, Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2023
Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks, with water close to waist-deep in the middle of some streets.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
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“Milk crate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20crate. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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