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carton

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkɑːtən//
  • United Kingdom//ˈkɑːtn̩//
  • United States//ˈkɑɹtn̩//
  • United States/[ˈkʰɑɹʔn̩]/

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

noun

  1. 1

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

    a carton of milk or eggs

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

    Mr Yunupingu was referred to the clinic where I was working at that time, Northside Clinic, for treatment of his alcohol problem. I think he described drinking between one and four cartons every single day - it's quite a phenomenal amount.

  4. 4

    archaicA kind of thin pasteboard.

  5. 5

    archaicA small disc within the bullseye of a target.

  6. 6

    archaicA shot that strikes this disc.

Etymology

Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.

verb

  1. 1

    To put in a carton.

Forms

plural
cartons
past tense
cartoned
past participle
cartoned
present participle
cartoning
third person singular
cartons
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