An empty cardboard carton.
An example of a carton is a container which holds a half gallon of milk.
- 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
Origin of cartonFrench ; from Italian cartone ; from carta, paper: see card
- Any of various containers made from cardboard or coated paper: cans packed in cartons; a milk carton.
- The contents of a carton: dyed the whole carton of eggs.
transitive verbcar·toned, car·ton·ing, car·tons
Origin of cartonFrench, from Italian cartone, pasteboard, augmentative of carta, card, paper, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1.
- An inexpensive, disposable box-like creation fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. It is designed to hold things for a short period of time and be discarded or recycled after use.