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uncrate verb[ T ] uk /ˌʌnˈkreɪt/ us /ˌʌnˈkreɪt/ to remove something from a box made of wood, plastic, or metal: The curators at the museum carefully uncrated the sculptures as they set up the exhibition. The antique pottery was delivered to the gallery's warehouse and uncrated on the open floor in front of a curious audience. The delivery driver unloaded the new refrigerator from the truck and uncrated it with a crowbar. The assistants didn't take care when they uncrated the paintings, and now two of them are slightly damaged. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Removing and extracting ablate abstract abstraction bowdlerization bowdlerized drain extraction extrication filterable filtration fish something out gouge something out peel root something out/up rout someone out scoop something out slice slice something off snowploughing wipe
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