Sekirov Dictionary

egg crate

noun 8
egg-crate verb 6
forms 4

noun8

A crate used for transporting eggs.
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An egg carton; A specialized container for eggs which has multiple indentations for holding individual eggs.
- Place the plaque of conical molds, pointed side down, onto clean, empty, cardboard egg crates to support the molds so that they stand perfectly vertical. — 2009
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A foam pad with multiple indentations giving it a texture similar to that of an egg carton.
- Typically, egg crates are covered with waterproof pads and then sheets. — 2012
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A surface or insert that has regularly spaced holes or indentations.
- As you can see from the test reports, in the lower frequency ranges in particular, egg crates offer little value for absorption. — 2005
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A device for restricting the spread of light that fits into the softbox of a diffuser panel.
- Happily this situation can be helped to a great extent by the use of grids called egg crates, which prevent the light from spreading too broadly. — 2012
A grid-like support structure or scaffolding.
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A style of open roof that consists of horizontal supports in a grid pattern.
- Exterior shading devices can be either horizontal, vertical, or a combination of horizontal and vertical called “egg crates.” — 2013
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A self-contained class that has no collaboration or interaction with any other class, and which is the sole responsibility of a single teacher.
- Classrooms became larger, but the egg crate design was maintained. — 1976

egg-crate verb6

To put into egg crates.
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To compartmentalize; to separate into isolated or self-contained groups, containers, or modules.
- 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. — 1957
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To provide with a texture that is typical of an egg carton: either a lattice or having a pattern of regular depressions.
- This extension allows you to egg-crate any geometry. — 2015
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To attach two surfaces together using multiple points of attachment in a lattice pattern, often in order to provide strength while minimizing weight.
- The hulls are four-compartment vessels with thwartships framing, longitudinally braced, with continuous engineroom girders, "egg-crated" into transverse floors. — 1950
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To equip with an egg crate.
- Front- and backlights are egg-crated Chimera Lightbanks. — 2007
To display multiple images on a single screen separated by sharp edges.

forms

egg-crated · egg-crating · egg crates · egg-crates

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