carton
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with…An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
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Meaning
6 senses(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
Karton
коро́бкаkoróbka, паке́тpakét
(countable, uncountable)A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
Stange
блокblok
блокblok
a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
(Australia, countable, uncountable)A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A kind of thin pasteboard.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A shot that strikes this disc.
Examples
39 sentencesTom bought a carton of cigarettes.
ruТом купил блок сигарет. — marafon
Tom took the eggs out of the carton one by one.
Buy a carton of milk.
deKauf eine Packung Milch. — Naina
Tom bought a bottle of water for himself and a carton of milk for Mary.
ruТом купил себе бутылку воды, а Мэри упаковку молока. — ZegPhig
There are eggs in the carton.
ruВ коробке яйца. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.
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Forms
plural: cartonsSynonyms
5 synonyms- the quantity contained in a carton:cartonful
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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