Carton

Quick meaning: Carton is a noun meaning A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

Meaning

A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

More Meanings

1. (Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
2. To put in a carton.
3. An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
4. (archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
5. (archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
6. (archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.

Example Sentences

a carton of milk or eggs

Mr Yunupingu was referred to the clinic where I was working at that time, Northside Clinic, for treatment of his alcohol problem. I think he described drinking between one and four cartons every single day - it's quite a phenomenal amount.

Word Forms

• cartons
• cartoning
• cartoned

Synonyms for carton

Depending on context, synonyms include cardboard box, container, package, case, cartonful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cartonful, shoebox, cardboard, box, board, paperboard.

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