Crate vs. Kennel — What's the Difference?

A crate is a large shipping container, often made of wood, typically used to transport or store large, heavy items. Steel and aluminium crates are also used.

A kennel is a structure or shelter for dogs or cats. Used in the plural, the kennels, the term means any building, collection of buildings or a property in which dogs or cats are housed, maintained, and (though not in all cases) bred.

A container, such as a slatted wooden case, used for storing or shipping.

A shelter for a dog.

A container, usually of plastic, metal, or wood, used to house or transport an animal.

A pack of dogs, especially hounds.

(Slang) An old rickety vehicle, especially a decrepit automobile or aircraft.

An establishment where dogs are bred, trained, or boarded.

To pack into a container, such as a slatted wooden case.

The lair of a wild animal, such as a fox.

To put (an animal) into a crate.

A gutter along a street.

A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.

To place or keep in or as if in a kennel.

A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.

To take cover or lie in or as if in a kennel.

(programming) In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.

A house or shelter for a dog.

(transitive) To put into a crate.

A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.

(transitive) To keep in a crate.

The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.

A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

The hole of a fox or other animal.

A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, - used especially for transporting fruit.

(obsolete) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.

To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.

(obsolete) A puddle.

A rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping

(transitive) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).

The quantity contained in a crate

(intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.

Put into a crate; as for protection;

(transitive) To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.

The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.

A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.

A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.

The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.

To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.

To put or keep in a kennel.

Outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog

Put up in a kennel;