American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. Any of various containers made from cardboard or
coated paper: cans packed in cartons; a milk carton. - n. The
contents of a carton: dyed the whole carton of eggs. - v. To
place (something) in a carton. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of thin pasteboard. - n. A box made from such
pasteboard. - n. Same as cartoon. - n. In rifle practice: A
white disk fixed on the bull's-eye of a target. It is of much
smaller size than the bull's-eye, and is chiefly used in
deciding ties and at a pool. A shot striking the carton: as, to
make two bull's-eyes and a carton. - n. An inexpensive,
disposable box-like creation fashioned from either paper, paper
with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. It
is designed to hold things for a short period of time and be
discarded or recycled after use. GNU Webster's 1913 - n.
Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. - n. a box
made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top - n.