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carton
[kahr-tn]
noun
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
the amount a carton can hold.
the contents of a carton.
a cardboardlike substance consisting of chewed plant material often mixed with soil, made by certain insects for building nests.
verb (used with object)
to pack in a carton.
to carton eggs for supermarket sales.
verb (used without object)
to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons.
carton
/ ˈɑːə /
noun
a cardboard box for containing goods
a container of waxed paper or plastic in which liquids, such as milk, are sold
shooting
a white disc at the centre of a target
a shot that hits this disc
verb
to enclose (goods) in a carton
Other Word Forms
- uncartoned adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of carton1
Example Sentences
A few are also making memes of so-called “chicken dealers” whose illicit product of choice are cartons of eggs as opposed to hard drugs.
Bananas are often left to languish in tote bags; berries go soft in their cartons.
"Canada charges for our dairy products 270%. Nobody knows that. They charge you 2% for the first two cartons of milk and after that you go up to 270," Trump said.
“Look, all I’m buying is eggs,” he said as he loaded four cartons into his trunk.
To complete a standard washing cycle, Mr and Mrs Hannam said they must fill up their washing machine with six four-pint cartons three times.
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