: 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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Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 2 May 2024
The driver’s seat is the only open space, as the interior is cluttered with takeout cartons and empty coffee cups.
—Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Send any news, comments, satellites to put on milk cartons, and air fryer recipes to talk@qz.com.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 2 May 2024
The driver’s seat is the only open space, as the interior is cluttered with takeout cartons and empty coffee cups.
—Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Carton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carton. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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