egg crating

noun

textured surface or insert

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of egg crate
nounegg crating (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of egg crate.
    1. uncountabletextured surface or insert

      This could have been avoided by the simple process of suspending egg crating made of timber or some other solid material painted black with the light fittings above it.

      1964, I.E.S. Lighting Review, page 89
    2. uncountablefoam pad

      The seat can be padded with egg crating or 1-inch foam.

      2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, →ISBN
      2 more examples

      One side of the wall had the foam egg crating attached with room for a small person to crawl inside.

      2016, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, This House, →ISBN

      Granma was in her chair cushioned with egg crating, so she could fall over asleep whenever she wanted and the chair would catch her head.

      2013, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, →ISBN, page 294
  2. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of egg-crating (plastic mat)

    An upscale version of this tried and true method of providing windowsill humidity is the use of plastic 'egg crating' instead of gravel.

    1991, Bob Gordon, Orchid Seedling Care: With Special Emphasis on Water Quality
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    My windowsill pebble trays are, for the most part, dimestore plastic drawer dividers; some have pebbles in them, others not, but all are filled with water and surmounted with rubberized sink racks or plastic egg crating which hold the pots.

    1989, Charles Marden Fitch, Barbara B. Pesch, Orchids for the Home and Greenhouse, →ISBN, page 54

    Placing the eggs in a sweaterbox, on plastic egg crating and over damp perlite, provides the necessary humidity without the danger of direct contact with moisture.

    2006, Reptiles - Volume 14, page 54

    Among the inner packings in use are expanded polystyrene (popcorn), plastic-encapsulated air (air bubbles), various types of paper products, foam-in-place, molded polystyrene, and corrugated partitions (egg crating).

    2013, Eugene L. Magad, Total Materials Management, →ISBN, page 375
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