egg crate
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An egg carton; A specialized container for eggs which has multiple indentations for holding individual eggs.
Countable
noun
A device for restricting the spread of light that fits into the softbox of a diffuser panel.
Countable
noun
A self-contained class that has no collaboration or interaction with any other class, and which is the sole responsibility of a single teacher.
Countable
noun
A foam pad with multiple indentations giving it a texture similar to that of an egg carton.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Fabric grids or egg crates, such as those made by Lighttools, work much the same way for different sizes of softboxes. These egg crates restrict the direction of the light and how much it spreads across the entire surface of the softbox or subject."
- "Egg crates are for use with softboxes. They fit into the front of the softbox over the diffuser panel. Their job is similar to that of the honeycomb grid, in that they are there to help restrict the spread of the light, giving you more directional control and less spill, whilst still maintaining a soft light."
- "Classrooms became larger, but the egg crate design was maintained."