carton Definition
car·ton (kärt′'n)
noun
- a cardboard box, esp. a large one, as for shipping merchandise
- a boxlike container, as of light, waxed cardboard, for liquids
- 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
carton Synonyms
carton Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- juice: For a long day out you can freeze small cartons of juice.
- yogurt: Spoon the mixture over a small carton of low fat bio yogurt to create a delicious start to the day.
- cigarette: Many of our men bartered cartons of cigarettes for items of local origin.
- milk: To seize a couple at random from our kitchen: a half gallon carton of milk.
- cream: Made the mistake of reading the nutritional info on the side of the carton of cream - 445 calories PER 100 MLS!
Converse of object
- recycle: However, it is tricky to recycle the cartons.
- wax: Milk spill The only container milk won't spill out of is an unopened waxed cardboard carton.
Adjective modifier
- outer: Keep the vial in the outer carton in order to protect from light.
- empty: Don't throw out empty egg cartons, paper or plastic - they make excellent seed trays.
- plastic: Photo: an early version of the plastic margarine carton!
- attractive: Boxing Day goodies packed in an attractive blue carton.
Modifies a noun
- freezing: A more adaptable carton freezing system is the air batch freezer.
- recycling: The drinks carton recycling is only a small part of a much bigger employment disaster.
- packaging: Tetra Laval is the world leader in carton packaging, but has a more limited role in plastics.
Noun used with modifier
- cardboard: Cardboard egg cartons can be recycled into environmentally-friendly seedling pots.
- milk: Orange juice or milk cartons with the base removed are suitable.
- juice: To make the game, start with a juice carton.
- beverage: All beverage cartons containing milk, juice, soups, custards, sauces etc can be included.. .
- egg: Plant some carrot seeds in egg cartons set in plastic gutter on window ledge.
- liter: A 2 liter plastic carton with screw cap is perfect.
Browse dictionary entries near carton
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