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See more synonyms for carton on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
to pack in a carton: to carton eggs for supermarket sales. Show More
verb (used without object) to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons. Show More
Origin of carton 1780–90; <
French <
Italian cartone pasteboard; see
cartoon Related forms un·car·toned , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for carton Contemporary Examples of carton 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 of carton "You are a good man and a true friend," said Carton , in an altered voice.
Mr. Lorry had not thought of that, and he looked quickly at Carton to see if it were in his mind.
It attracted Mr. Lorry's eyes to Carton 's face, which was turned to the fire.
Mr. Carton 's manner was so careless as to be almost insolent.
Mr. Carton came up at the moment, and touched Mr. Lorry on the arm.
British Dictionary definitions for 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 Show More
to enclose (goods) in a carton Show More
Word Origin for carton 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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