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Definition of Crateful
1. Noun. The quantity contained in a crate.
Definition of Crateful
1. Noun. (informal) As much as a crate would hold ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crateful
Literary usage of Crateful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"like the Greeks of old, every disgruntled Polish patriot flew -7 to some foreign
enemy to wreak his indignation upon his un- crateful country. ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... must have commenced shipping his violins by the crateful to America. I soon
narrowed down my list from hundreds to ten, and of these ten I had to ..."
3. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...by Lindley Murray by Lindley Murray (1822)
"When nature fails, and day and night Divide thy works no more, My ever crateful
heart, O Lord, Thy mercy shall adore. A joyful sung I'll raise, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
">bn muit not seek his salvation, because in that case he seeks himself; he must
acknowledge with a crateful heart that Christ has sought and found him. ..."
5. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"like the Greeks of old, every disgruntled Polish patriot flew -7 to some foreign
enemy to wreak his indignation upon his un- crateful country. ..."
6. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... must have commenced shipping his violins by the crateful to America. I soon
narrowed down my list from hundreds to ten, and of these ten I had to ..."
7. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...by Lindley Murray by Lindley Murray (1822)
"When nature fails, and day and night Divide thy works no more, My ever crateful
heart, O Lord, Thy mercy shall adore. A joyful sung I'll raise, ..."
8. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
">bn muit not seek his salvation, because in that case he seeks himself; he must
acknowledge with a crateful heart that Christ has sought and found him. ..."
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