carton
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carton
a cardboard or plastic box used for storage or shipping: You will need a carton to pack your dishes in for moving.
Not to be confused with:
cartoon – a sketch or drawing symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing an action, thing, person, or animal: a cartoon of a political figure
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car·ton
(kär′tn)n.
1. Any of various containers made from cardboard or coated paper: cans packed in cartons; a milk carton.
2. The contents of a carton: dyed the whole carton of eggs.
tr.v. car·toned, car·ton·ing, car·tons
To place (something) in a carton.
[French, from Italian cartone, pasteboard, augmentative of carta, card, paper, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1.]
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carton
(ˈkɑːtən)n
1. a cardboard box for containing goods
2. a container of waxed paper or plastic in which liquids, such as milk, are sold
3. (Archery) shooting
a. a white disc at the centre of a target
b. a shot that hits this disc
4. (Shooting) shooting
a. a white disc at the centre of a target
b. a shot that hits this disc
vb (tr)
(Commerce) to enclose (goods) in a carton
[C19: from French, from Italian cartone pasteboard, from carta card1]
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car•ton
(ˈkɑr tn)n.
1. a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
2. the amount a carton can hold.
3. the contents of a carton.
v.t. 4. to pack in a carton.
[1780–90; < French < Italian cartone pasteboard; see cartoon]
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carton
Past participle: cartoned
Gerund: cartoning
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| Noun | 1. |  carton - the quantity contained in a carton containerful - the quantity that a container will hold |
| 2. | carton - a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" |
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carton
noun box, case, pack, package, container A large and heavy cardboard carton had been delivered to the house.
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Translations
عُلْبَةُ كَرْتونعُلْبَةٌ مِنَ الكَارْتُون
kartonkrabice
karton
کارتن
kartonkikennolaatikkopahvilaatikkopakkaus
karton
karton
fernakassi, askja, (mjólkurhyrna, ferna
ボール箱
상자
kartoninė dėžutėpakelis
kartona kārba
kartonska škatla
kartong
กล่องบรรจุกระดาษหรือพลาสติก
karton kutumukavva / karton kutu
hộp bìa các tông
carton
[ˈkɑːtən] N [of milk] → envase m de cartón, caja f; [of ice-cream, yogurt] → vasito m; [of cigarettes] → cartón mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
carton
[ˈkɑːtən] n (of milk, yogurt) → cartone m; (of ice cream) → vaschetta; (of cigarettes) → stecca; (box) → scatola di cartoneCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
carton
(ˈkaːtən) noun a cardboard or plastic container. orange juice sold in cartons.
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carton
→ عُلْبَةٌ مِنَ الكَارْتُون karton karton Pappkarton χαρτοκιβώτιο cartón pahvilaatikko brique karton confezione ボール箱 상자 kartonnen doos pappeske karton embalagem, embalagem longa-vida упаковка для пищевых продуктов kartong กล่องบรรจุกระดาษหรือพลาสติก karton kutu hộp bìa các tông 硬纸盒Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009