CARTON


Meaning of CARTON in English

/kahr"tn/ , n.

1. a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.

2. the amount a carton can hold.

3. the contents of a carton.

4. a cardboardlike substance consisting of chewed plant material often mixed with soil, made by certain insects for building nests.

v.t.

5. to pack in a carton: to carton eggs for supermarket sales.

v.i.

6. to make or form cardboard sheets into cartons.

[ 1780-90; cartone pasteboard; see CARTOON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .