carton

[ kahr-tn ]
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noun
  1. a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.

  2. the amount a carton can hold.

  1. the contents of a carton.

  2. a cardboardlike substance consisting of chewed plant material often mixed with soil, made by certain insects for building nests.

verb (used with object)
  1. to pack in a carton: to carton eggs for supermarket sales.

verb (used without object)
  1. to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons.

Origin of carton

1
1780–90; <French <Italian cartone pasteboard; see cartoon

Other words from carton

  • un·car·toned, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for carton

carton

/ (ˈkɑːtən) /


noun
  1. a cardboard box for containing goods

  2. a container of waxed paper or plastic in which liquids, such as milk, are sold

  1. shooting

    • a white disc at the centre of a target

    • a shot that hits this disc

verb(tr)
  1. to enclose (goods) in a carton

Origin of carton

1
C19: from French, from Italian cartone pasteboard, from carta card 1

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