carton
[kahr-tn]
- a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- the amount a carton can hold.
- the contents of a carton.
- a cardboardlike substance consisting of chewed plant material often mixed with soil, made by certain insects for building nests.
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- to pack in a carton: to carton eggs for supermarket sales.
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- to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons.
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Origin of carton
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Contemporary Examples
And at $29.99, lighting up all sense of parental dignity and responsibility costs less than a carton of actual cigarettes.
The child was then sent on his or her way, with a piece of fruit and a carton of milk.
Bella can pig out whenever there's a carton of Ben Jerry's in the freezer.
He dumped the contents onto the ground, looking all over for the carton.
Historical Examples
"You are a good man and a true friend," said Carton, in an altered voice.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
Mr. Lorry had not thought of that, and he looked quickly at Carton to see if it were in his mind.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
It attracted Mr. Lorry's eyes to Carton's face, which was turned to the fire.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
Mr. Carton's manner was so careless as to be almost insolent.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
Mr. Carton came up at the moment, and touched Mr. Lorry on the arm.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
carton
- a cardboard box for containing goods
- a container of waxed paper or plastic in which liquids, such as milk, are sold
- shooting
- a white disc at the centre of a target
- a shot that hits this disc
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- to enclose (goods) in a carton
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Word Origin
C19: from French, from Italian cartone pasteboard, from carta card 1
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Word Origin and History for carton
n.
1816, from French carton "pasteboard" (17c.), from Italian cartone "pasteboard," augmentative of Medieval Latin carta "paper" (see card (n.)). Originally the material for making paper boxes; extended 1906 to the boxes themselves. As a verb, from 1921.
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