/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 ]