carton

noun

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car·ton | \ ˈkär-tᵊn

Definition of carton

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a box or container usually made of cardboard and often of corrugated cardboard several cartons of books

carton

verb

cartoned; cartoning; cartons

Definition of carton (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to pack or enclose in a carton

intransitive verb

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The protesters used metal fences, cartons and bricks to block traffic in the Mongkok area in Kowloon. — BostonGlobe.com, "HONG KONG — Pro-democracy protesters renewed pressure on the Hong Kong government Sunday with three separate marches, appealing to President Donald Trump for help and demanding that police stop using tear gas.," 2 Dec. 2019 Some protesters returned to the streets Saturday night, using metal fences, cartons and bricks to block traffic in the Mong Kok area in Kowloon. — Eileen Ng, SFChronicle.com, "Young and old unite behind demands of Hong Kong demonstrators," 30 Nov. 2019 Lawrence didn’t sleep that night and urinated in an empty milk carton in order to prepare for a potential attack, the lawsuit says. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga County Jail officers attacked, threatened to kill inmate who interviewed with U.S. Marshals, lawsuit says," 16 Sep. 2019 One looked like some creature had torn into it, with empty cartons spilled out onto the pavement. — Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, "It’s tradition: Students scrounging through leftovers on the street. But skip the mattresses," 1 Sep. 2019 In a video that went viral last week, a woman licked Blue Bell ice cream out of the carton and put it back on the shelf at a Texas location of a retail giant. — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, "Blue Bell licker tracked down to Lufkin store, could face 20 years in prison, police say," 5 July 2019 Meanwhile, a thief entered and snatched up cigarette cartons stored under cabinets, Litwin said. — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, "Robber loads up on cigarettes at East Hartford store," 2 Dec. 2019 To achieve the room-filling scent and signature taste-bud-assailing butter flavor of movie-theatre popcorn, cinemas use a product called Flavacol, a sandlike substance whose only resemblance to dairy is its paper-carton packaging. — S. Whitney Holmes, The New Yorker, "Inside Popcorn’s Multisensory Appeal," 26 Nov. 2019 Can an egg carton be put into a Rumpke recycling bin? — Sue Kiesewetter, Cincinnati.com, "Recycling explained at Saturday event in Fairfield," 14 Nov. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Put that bottle down and grab a box, can or carton of wine for your cooler. — Mary Orlin, The Mercury News, "Picnic perfect: The 11 best box or canned wines," 20 May 2017

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