carton

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
3. (Australia, countable, uncountable)A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

   “Mr Yunupingu was referred to the clinic where I was working at that time, Northside Clinic, for treatment of his alcohol problem. I think he described drinking between one and four cartons every single day - it's quite a phenomenal amount.”

4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A kind of thin pasteboard.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A shot that strikes this disc.

verb

1. To put in a carton.

name

1. A surname.

   “The more business he got, the greater his power seemed to grow of getting at its pith and marrow; and however late at night he sat carousing with Sydney Carton, he always had his points at his fingers' ends in the morning.”