CARTON

carton

(noun) a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

carton, cartonful

(noun) the quantity contained in a carton

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carton (countable and uncountable, plural cartons)

An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.

Synonyms: cardboard box, container, package

A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

Synonym: pack

(Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

Synonym: case

(archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.

(archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.

(archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.

Verb

carton (third-person singular simple present cartons, present participle cartoning, simple past and past participle cartoned)

To put in a carton.

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Catron, Contra, TRACON, cantor, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon

Proper noun

Carton

A surname.

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Catron, Contra, TRACON, cantor, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon

Source: Wiktionary


Car"ton, n. Etym: [F. See Cartoon.]

Definition: Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. Carton pierre (, a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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