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# carton

«carton» in Mova's school dictionary: **a box made of cardboard or plastic, like an egg carton or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (carton, cartons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carton is a box made of cardboard or plastic, like an egg carton or a milk carton. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#m1)

2) A carton is the amount it holds: «a carton of juice». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a container with a fixed number inside (eggs, milk); recycling in everyday life; phrases «egg carton», «milk carton», «a carton of»

### examples

- A carton has 12 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x1)
- She bought 3 cartons of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x2)
- How many cartons for 60 eggs? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x3)
- Each carton of juice holds 1 liter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x4)
- Put the empty carton in the recycling bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x5)
- We made a boat from a milk carton. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x6)
- Check the eggs in the carton for cracks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x7)
- A half carton holds 6 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x8)
- The carton of yogurt is in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x9)
- Squash the carton before you recycle it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/#x10)

### note

Total = cartons × things per carton; or divide to find cartons. Trap: an egg carton is often 12, but read the number given. Do not confuse «carton» with «cartoon» (a funny drawing or film).

### In the corpora

- [Then it goes into cartons and bottles and back into the cold, all the way to your fridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carton» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carton/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.