egg-crate
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To put into egg crates.
verb
To compartmentalize; to separate into isolated or self-contained groups, containers, or modules.
verb
To provide with a texture that is typical of an egg carton: either a lattice or having a pattern of regular depressions.
verb
To attach two surfaces together using multiple points of attachment in a lattice pattern, often in order to provide strength while minimizing weight.
noun
Alternative form of egg crate.
Example Sentences
- "We have found that with adequate internal egg-crating, no killing agent is needed, and providing that the light is set to go out about dawn no damage due to restlessness is caused to the moths inside."
- "Parts that are egg-crated are placed in individual cells made of cardboard sheets, like egg packaging or Christmas ornament packaging."
- "I'm not talking about enough templates to egg-crate the car."
- "When we examine model cyberschools, however, we find that despite their innovations in technology and space utilization, they still rely on age-grading, (virtual) egg-crating, predetermined curriculum, and standardized tests."
- "This extension allows you to egg-crate any geometry."
- "The hulls are four-compartment vessels with thwartships framing, longitudinally braced, with continuous engineroom girders, "egg-crated" into transverse floors."