Carton

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  • noun. Any of various containers made from cardboard or coated paper.
  • noun. The contents of a carton.
  • transitive verb. To place (something) in a carton.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A kind of thin pasteboard.
  • noun. A box made from such pasteboard.
  • noun. Same as cartoon.
  • noun. In rifle practice: A white disk fixed on the bull's-eye of a target. It is of much smaller size than the bull's-eye, and is chiefly used in deciding ties and at a pool. A shot striking the carton: as, to make two bull's-eyes and a carton.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.
  • noun. a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
  • noun. the quantity contained in a carton
  • Word Usage
    "It’s a mix of everyone from the poor to the politicians, from those whose homes are covered in carton to those living behind the gates."
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    Barton  Martin  Spartan  Tartan  barton  
    Same Context
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    bag  bale  basket  bowl  canister  
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