Hypertext Webster Gateway: "carton"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carton \Car"ton\ (k[aum]r"t[o^]n), n. [F. See {Cartoon}.]
Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.
{Carton pierre}, a species of papier-mach['e], imitating
stone or bronze sculpture. --Knight.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carton
n 1: the quantity contained in a carton [syn: {cartonful}]
2: a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
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