carton.
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
Meaning & usage
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
A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
A kind of thin pasteboard.
A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
A shot that strikes this disc.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.
To put in a carton.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.