: a box or container usually made of cardboard and often of corrugated cardboard
several cartons of books
cartoned; cartoning; cartons
: to pack or enclose in a carton
: to shape cartons from cardboard sheets
Examples of carton in a Sentence
Noun
She got a carton of ice cream out of the freezer.
a carton of orange juice
He bought a carton of cigarettes.
Several cartons of books arrived yesterday.
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Alisyn Camerota, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
Nobody wants to find a lukewarm carton of buttermilk among the potato chips.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Out came bags of bagels, platters of cream cheese, smoked salmon, fresh fruit and a carton of hot coffee sent by my colleagues.
—Alisyn Camerota, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
Nobody wants to find a lukewarm carton of buttermilk among the potato chips.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
Verb
This basket has a little bit of everything: a sitting bunny, Easter bonbons, caramel bonbons, peeps, an Easter egg carton a chocolate duck and some lollipops.
—Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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“Carton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carton. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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