Definition of "carton" in English

noun

1. An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.

   • a carton of milk or eggs

2. A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

3. (Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

4. (archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.

5. (archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.

6. (archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.

verb

1. To put in a carton.