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Webster 1913 Edition
Carton
Car′ton
(kär′tŏn)
, Noun.
[F. See
Cartoon
.] Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.
‖Carton pierre
, a species of
papier-maché
, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight.
Definition 2025
Carton
Carton
English
Proper noun
Carton
- A surname.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
- The more business he got, the greater his power seemed to grow of getting at its pith and marrow; and however late at night he sat carousing with Sydney Carton, he always had his points at his fingers' ends in the morning.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
carton
carton
English
Noun
carton (plural cartons)
- An inexpensive, disposable box-like creation fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. It is designed to hold things for a short period of time and be discarded or recycled after use.
- Packs of cigarettes, usually 10, wrapped in cellophane or packed in light cardboard box
Translations
a box-like container made of paper designed to hold things for a limited time
A carton of 10 cigarette packs
Verb
carton (third-person singular simple present cartons, present participle cartoning, simple past and past participle cartoned)
- To put in a carton.