carton

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
3. (Australia, countable, uncountable) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
4. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A kind of thin pasteboard.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A shot that strikes this disc.

Verb

To put in a carton.

Synonyms

box

📦

cardboard box

case

cardboard

package

📦

pasteboard

cartonful

jar

🫙

crate

drawer

container

paper box

parcel

pudding

shirttail

tin

canful

goodbye

👋

paperboard container

cage

card

casserole

cell

honeycomb

humbug

jarful

pack

packet

packing case

paperboard

Translations

carton

Karton

cartón

cartone

karton

χαρτοκιβώτιο

Schachtel

caixa de papelão

χαρτόνι

χαρτόκουτο

karton

Pappe

paquet

Paket

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑːtən/

Etymology

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