CARTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carton mean? 

• CARTON (noun)
  The noun CARTON has 2 senses:

1. the quantity contained in a carton

2. a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

  Familiarity information: CARTON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quantity contained in a carton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

carton; cartonful

Hypernyms ("carton" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("carton" is a kind of...):

box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carton"):

six-pack; six pack; sixpack (a carton containing six bottles or cans)

 Context examples 

EXAMPLE(S): a shipping carton, bottle

(Package, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Eating: are you able to open a new milk carton?

(HAQ-DI - Able to Open Milk Carton, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a carton.

(Carton Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

She was gratified: there it stood, a little carton, on the table when we entered the dining-room.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)