Definition of carton
:a box or container usually made of cardboard and often of corrugated cardboard
- several cartons of books
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Examples of carton in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of carton from the Web
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If the freezer's not full, fill the empty space with water in large freezer bags, cleaned milk cartons or two-liter bottles, giving the contents enough time to freeze before potential power outages.
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Sterling designs and manufactures folded paper cartons for a number of different industries, including food and beverage, hardware, cosmetic, and pharmaceuticals, and has clients that are large Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. and Canada.
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A milk carton was taken away, and the girl’s food was dumped in the trash.
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A milk carton was taken away, and the girl’s food was dumped in the trash.
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A milk carton was taken away, and the girl’s food was dumped in the trash.
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A tobacco store clerk faces two criminal charges for firing a gun at a thief who ran out of the store with a carton of cigarettes Wednesday evening, according to Anchorage police.
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Goods should then be packed in plastic bags inside waxed cartons.
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As more Americans turn to the Internet to order their groceries, most still prefer to pick out highly perishable items — a container of yogurt, carton of milk, or pound of bacon — in person, according to a Morning Consult poll.
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Origin and Etymology of carton
French, from Italian cartone pasteboard
Definition of carton
transitive verb
:to pack or enclose in a carton
intransitive verb
:to shape cartons from cardboard sheets
Recent Examples of carton from the Web
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Put that bottle down and grab a box, can or carton of wine for your cooler.
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First Known Use of carton
1921
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