Yes, the word 'crates' is both a noun, the plural form of the singular noun 'crate', a word for a wooden box used for shipping or storing things; a word for a thing.
The word 'crates' is also a verb, the third person, singular, present of the verb 'to crate', meaning to place things in a crate.
Example:
We stacked the crates of Oranges in the truck. (noun)
The farmer crates his produce for shipment to the warehouse. (verb)
no it is not a collective noun
Companies save money by using cardboard crates instead of wooden crates. Wooden crates cost more to ship than cardboard crates due to their weight.
Companies save money by using cardboard crates instead of wooden crates. Wooden crates cost more to ship than cardboard crates due to their weight.
Can you be specific? What crates? Which island?
Crates...
Forty crates is a large quantity of diamonds. The price would depend on the size of the crates and the quality of the diamonds in the crates.
Crates of Thebes was born in -365.
Crates of Thebes died in -285.
47 identified crates
70 Crates
Banded sea crates are sea snakes.
Danny Crates was born on 1973-02-09.