carton

Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːtən/, /ˈkɑːtn̩/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹtn̩/, [ˈkʰɑɹʔn̩]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən

carton (countable and uncountable, plural cartons)

1. An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.

   Synonyms: cardboard box, container, package

   a carton of milk or eggs

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

   Meronym: pack

3. (Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

   Synonym: case

   • 2009 October 19, Oliver O'Connell, Message From Mr Yunupingu‎^[1]:

     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.

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.

• → Swahili: katoni

carton (third-person singular simple present cartons, present participle cartoning, simple past and past participle cartoned)

1. To put in a carton.

• Cantor, Carnot, Catron, Contra, TRACON, cantor, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon

Borrowed from Italian cartone.

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.tɔ̃/

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• Homophone: cartons

carton m (plural cartons)

1. cardboard
2. carton, cardboard box
3. target
4. (art) sketch; cartoon
5. (cartography) inset map
6. card

• → German: Karton
• → Persian: کارتن (kârton)
• → Romanian: carton
• → Russian: карто́н (kartón)
• → Ukrainian: карто́н (kartón)

• “carton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• contra

Borrowed from French carton.

carton n (plural cartoane)

1. cardboard