: 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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Caroline Tien, SELF, 17 June 2024
Stew Leonard’s is known for being a family-friendly destination with animatronics, such as a singing milk carton band, big plastic cows, and investment in the community.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2024
Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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Noun
The cartons were brown with red and green accents, and the cucumbers dark green, around one and half to two inches in diameter, and five to nine inches long, according to the FDA.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 17 June 2024
Stew Leonard’s is known for being a family-friendly destination with animatronics, such as a singing milk carton band, big plastic cows, and investment in the community.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2024
Verb
This basket has a little bit of everything: a sitting bunny, Easter bonbons, caramel bonbons, peeps, an Easter egg carton a chocolate duck and some lollipops.
—Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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“Carton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carton. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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