carton
Definition
Light paperboard folding box (made from a type of paperboard such as boxboard or cartonboard) that holds one or more pieces of merchandise such as cereal, cigarettes, toothpaste, etc. Not intended as a shipping container, a carton does not normally meet bursting strength and stacking strength requirements.
carton is in the Printing, Packaging, & Publishing subject.
carton appears in the definitions of the following terms: unitization, knocked down flat, business reply mail (BRM), breakbulk cargo, boxboard, package, handling unit, flexography and folding box
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