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carton definition

car·ton (kärt′'n)

noun

  1. a cardboard box, esp. a large one, as for shipping merchandise
  2. a boxlike container, as of light, waxed cardboard, for liquids
  3. a full carton or its contents

Etymology: Fr < It cartone < carta, paper: see card

transitive verb

to put into a carton as for storage or shipment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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