Crate

Definitions

1. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
2. A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
   derogatory, mildly, slang
3. In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.

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Examples

“They shook the head of the unconscious pilot and when the latter opened his eyes, blinking wildly, the other members of the family lifted up the tail of the overturned crate sufficiently high enough to enable the dazed pilot, after releasing his belt, to fall⟳ out of the cockpit head first and disengage himself from the crack-up.”

“I will make⟳ this box of electronics and computer chips fly⟳ like⟳ no other spaceship has ever flown. Mission Control⟳ wanted to see⟳ what this crate could do.”

“And Rust never compiles modules separately, even if they're in separate⟳ files: when you build⟳ a Rust crate, you're recompiling all of its modules.”

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