Collocations for crate - noun

metal, plastic, wooden
beer, milk, orange, etc.
packing, shipping
Their possessions had all been packed into shipping crates.

pile, stack

pile, stack
They stacked the crates in the corner of the yard.

pack sth in, pack sth into
They packed the books into the crates.

pack, unpack
They packed the crates with books.

load, unload
open

contain sth

crate of
a crate of oranges