: a box or container usually made of cardboard and often of corrugated cardboard
several cartons of books
cartoned; cartoning; cartons
: to pack or enclose in a carton
: to shape cartons from cardboard sheets
Examples of carton in a Sentence
Noun
She got a carton of ice cream out of the freezer.
a carton of orange juice
He bought a carton of cigarettes.
Several cartons of books arrived yesterday.
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
This isn’t the first time that eggs have been priced at $6 a carton at Jewel.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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Noun
To ensure the most nutritious eggs possible, Steele suggests customers look for certain labels on cartons at the grocery store.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
This isn’t the first time that eggs have been priced at $6 a carton at Jewel.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
This basket has a little bit of everything: a sitting bunny, Easter bonbons, caramel bonbons, peeps, an Easter egg carton a chocolate duck and some lollipops.
—Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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“Carton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carton. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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