Carton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various containers made from cardboard or coated paper: cans packed in cartons; a milk carton.
  • n. The contents of a carton: dyed the whole carton of eggs.
  • v. To place (something) in a carton.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of thin pasteboard.
  • n. A box made from such pasteboard.
  • n. Same as cartoon.
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
  • n. the quantity contained in a carton
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pasteboard    box    bull's-eye    shot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Barton    Martin    Spartan    Tartan    barton    harten    hearten    marten    martin    parton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crate    cans    container    jug    keg    suitcase    sack    flask    jar    pail