carton
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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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verb (used without object)
6.
to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons.
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| —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 carta | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
The pack weighs about as much as a small laptop computer, yet fits into a case smaller than a carton of cigarettes.
Here's a nifty milk carton that really spells out its purpose.
Arrange eggshells in an empty egg carton or eggcups.
There was a store-bought easel and a carton of art supplies on the floor.
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