milkcrate

See also: milk crate

English

Alternative forms

• milk crate

Etymology

From milk +‎ crate.

Noun

milkcrate (plural milkcrates)

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 A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.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

     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.

See also

• banana box
• egg crate
• soap box