car toning

car·ton

[kahr-tn]
noun
1.
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
2.
the amount a carton can hold.
3.
the contents of a carton.
4.
a cardboardlike substance consisting of chewed plant material often mixed with soil, made by certain insects for building nests.
verb (used with object)
5.
to pack in a carton: to carton eggs for supermarket sales.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
verb (used without object)
6.
to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons.

Origin:
1780–90; < French < Italian cartone pasteboard; see cartoon

un·car·toned, adjective

carton, cartoon.
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carton (ˈkɑːtən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a cardboard box for containing goods
2.  a container of waxed paper or plastic in which liquids, such as milk, are sold
3.  shooting
 a.  a white disc at the centre of a target
 b.  a shot that hits this disc
 
vb
4.  to enclose (goods) in a carton
 
[C19: from French, from Italian cartone pasteboard, from cartacard1]

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carton
1816, from Fr. carton "pasteboard," from It. cartone "pasteboard," augmentive of M.L. carta "paper" (see card (n.)). Originally the material for making paper boxes; extended 1906 to the boxes themselves.
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