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[ kahr-tn ] / ˈkɑr tn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR carton ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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. verb (used with object)to pack in a carton: to carton eggs for supermarket sales. verb (used without object)to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons. Origin of carton1780–90; <French <Italian cartone pasteboard; see cartoon OTHER WORDS FROM cartonun·car·toned, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cartoncarton , cartoonWords nearby cartoncart off, cartogram, cartographer, cartography, cartomancy, carton, cartonnier, carton-pierre, cartoon, cartoonish, cartop Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cartonAnd at $29.99, lighting up all sense of parental dignity and responsibility costs less than a carton of actual cigarettes. Sexy Ebola Nurse & More of the Year’s Worst Halloween Costumes|Kevin Fallon|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST The child was then sent on his or her way, with a piece of fruit and a carton of milk. The Schools That Starve Students to Punish Deadbeat Parents|Brandy Zadrozny|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bella can pig out whenever there's a carton of Ben Jerry's in the freezer. Battle of the Twilight Heartthrobs|The Daily Beast|June 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST He dumped the contents onto the ground, looking all over for the carton. For Soldiers Like Me, Cigarettes and War Are Inseparable|Colby Buzzell|February 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Did you ever furnish any samples of this carton or any wrapping paper or tape to the FBI? Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy It was at that great moment that memory exercised its sacred ministry upon the soul of Sydney Carton. A Handful of Stars|Frank W. Boreham "We haven't quite got that deal through, Mr. Carton," he said. The Abandoned Farmer|Sydney Herman Preston Pointing to the carton, the indignant lady gave the order, "Have that dress placed in my carriage." Fairy Fingers|Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie This carton (showing a mailing container) is a 2-pound carton which I used in shipping in response to mail orders. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association
British Dictionary definitions for carton
nouna 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
verb (tr)to enclose (goods) in a carton Word Origin for cartonC19: from French, from Italian cartone pasteboard, from carta card 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cartoncrate, container, packet, case, bin, casket, package, chest, coffer, pack |