egg crate

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

egg crate

noun egg crates · eggcrate · egg-crate · egg-crating · egg crating

countable A crate used for transporting eggs. I can recall many an evening sitting in the store with the store manager and perhaps also with the wife of a farmer until midnight when the saloon closed, waiting for the men to stop by for their cream cans, egg crates and wives.
countable 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.
countable 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.
countable 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.
countable, uncountable 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.
countable 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.
countable, uncountable A grid-like support structure or scaffolding.
countable 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.”

verb egg crates · egg crating · egg crated · eggcrate · egg-crate

alternative Alternative form of egg-crate Photos on opposite page show how material is applied to "egg crate" framework in making this installation

Translations

Every language

noun egg carton

Português	caixa de ovos

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"egg crate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/egg%20crate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

egg crate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/egg%20crate

Chicago

"egg crate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/egg%20crate.

BibTeX

@misc{egg_crate_2026,
  title = {egg crate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/egg%20crate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}