Crate and Machine

Crate

Crate noun - A dilapidated old automobile.

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Machine and crate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Machine" instead a noun "Crate".

Nearby Words: crated, crating

Machine noun - A self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels.

Usage example: that Corvette is a machine that any guy would love to own

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Crate and machine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crate" instead a noun "Machine".

old	old crate	old machine
full	full crate	full machine
special	special crate	special machine
particular	particular crate	particular machine
Other adjectives: similar, single, simple, heavy, small, entire, real, large, big, enormous, huge, evil, new, broken, mysterious, tall, gigantic, larger, strange, different, giant, exploding.

When the operator reverses the machine, the top crate falls off and splits open on the ground.

Source: Film / Hotel Rwanda
And then I'll run away, and probably hide in a crate somewhere that'll be loaded onto the flying machine in any case... Or there'll be a whole string of accidents that end up causing the same thing.

Source: Resigned to the Call
Combat Pragmatist: Despite being a highly trained martial artist, Riggs isn't against groin attacks, using improvised weaponry, dropping a crate on a man, or killing him with a machine gun when it becomes clear he's not going to win a fist fight.

Source: Film / Lethal Weapon

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