carton
[noun]
Synonyms: box, case, container, pack, package, packet

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Carton, Sydney
an important character in the book A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens. Carton is a London lawyer who falls in love with Lucie Manette. But Lucie marries Charles Darnay. Darnay is arrested and sentenced to death, but Carton dies by taking Darnay's place.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

car‧ton /ˈkɑːtn $ ˈkɑːrtn/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: Italian cartone; ⇒ cartoon]

1. a small box made of cardboard or plastic that contains food or a drink
carton of
a carton of fruit juice
a milk carton

2. especially American English a large container with smaller containers of goods inside it
carton of
a carton of cigarettes

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

carton
noun
ADJ. cardboard, plastic | ice-cream, juice, milk, yogurt Why are these milk cartons so difficult to open?
VERB + CARTON open
PREP. in a/the ~ The soup is sold in cartons.
~ of a carton of cream

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