Thesaurus results for CARTONS

cartons

noun

plural of carton

as in crates

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Recent Examples of cartons The company reported that 960 cartons were recalled, with each carton containing 84 pods. — Greta Cross, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026 In a bit that must have taken quite a bit of rehearsal, the milk cartons danced in unison to the song until a larger milk carton appeared above the stage that dumped a sheet of milk onto them, freeing the dancers from the containers. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Between food, toys, treats, beds, crates and more, shopping for pets can get expensive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
The crates of scented rose petals littering the studio help too.

— Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of crates

Noun

Skip the cardboard… Really just trust me on this one and rent reusable bins from a moving company with good reviews.

— Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Students barricaded a high school in northeastern Paris with garbage bins on Thursday before police moved in with tear gas, as France’s nationwide protests showed few signs of ending.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of bins

Noun

Three live cockroaches were on boxes of to-go bags behind the counter.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Ocean container volume was flat from a year ago (although up since Q1 as Sean will explain), so the improvement there came from carriers holding back capacity, not from more boxes moving.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of boxes

Noun

There is also the new travel-sized Mignon and exclusive Limousine trunks.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
But, starting in the nineteen-eighties, dendrochronologists—who study growth rings in the trunks of trees and link them to calendar years—made a puzzling discovery.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of trunks

Noun

Iranian state media showed throngs of people gathered at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a large prayer complex in Tehran, visiting the family's caskets.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026

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