eggcrate

noun8

1. •
   A crate for eggs.
2. •
   A foam pad

   • Mean Skin Assessment Scale scores of patients in control, hydrocolloid dressing and eggcrate foam groups Group Mean score in treatment period — 1996
3. •
   A textured surface or insert.

   • Although eggcrate louvers can effectively cut off the view of bright lamps, the grid itself can become rather bright, especially when it is white. — 2011
4. •
   A style of roof

   • An eggcrate shelter, which is open to the sky but substantial enough to give the feeling of protection, may be your answer. — 1964
5. •
   Grid-like support structure.

   • Eggcrates are carefully aligned at specific locations by adjusting the location of each radially with corresponding tube holes. — 1979
6. •
   Alternative form of egg crate.
7. •
   A display that egg-crates multiple images.

   • The eggcrate display has been used on more game shows than any other score display in history, and is still used today on The Price Is Right. — 2014
8. •
   A self-contained class

   • Instead of having a nice modular eggcrate, we now want to build an immodular eggcrate. Deliberately we want to impose upon future teachers, not the nice simple eggcrate, but a more complicated one. — 1962