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 Oat milk has become more affordable: The average price of a half-gallon carton of oat milk has fallen from $5.68 in 2017 to $4.44 now. — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2022 Other intriguing displays included a letter from Winston Churchill to Ohio Match Company in Wadsworth, thanking them for their gift of a carton of matches. — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2022 Beef prices are up 20 percent in the same period, according to the BLS, and the cost of a carton of eggs has risen nearly 30 percent. — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021 Conjuring up images of women in freezers and Cain’s face on the side of a milk carton, Anhedönia leaves the ending grey, but hints at a gruesome fate for Ethel. — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 12 May 2022 The average price of an avocado is up 10% from a year ago; during the brief ban, the price of a carton of the fruit catapulted to nearly $60, up from around $30 a year ago. — Jeffrey Miller, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2022 Last week, prices for a carton of 48 Hass avocados hit a high of about $78.75 on average, according to ProduceIQ, a digital marketplace for produce buyers and growers, which uses USDA data. — Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 5 May 2022 Williams’s property is a short drive from Villa Além, a bunker with long, canted flaps, like a half-open carton of munitions, designed and owned by Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati. — Scott Frances, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2022 Before throwing away your milk carton, use tissue paper to turn it into a birdhouse. — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 21 Apr. 2022 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, 20 May 2017 See More

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