Selling unit of paper weighing approximately 150 pounds (60 kilos). A carton can contain anywhere from 500 to 5,000 sheets, depending on the size of sheets and their basis weight.

1816, from French carton "pasteboard" (17c.), from Italian cartone "pasteboard," augmentative of Medieval Latin carta "paper" (see card (n.)). Originally the material for [..]

Cardboard or plastic boxes used typically for storage or shipping, especially those which are relatively small and that when filled with merchandise are enclosed in a larger or stronger container for [..]

the quantity contained in a carton a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top Carton is the name of certain types of containers typically made from paperboard which is also sometimes known as card [..]

Folding paper box.

(n) the quantity contained in a carton(n) a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

, the paper manufactured by Hymenoptera for nest construction (T-B); substance consisting largely of excreta or semidigested wood or grass and organic matter forming the walls of the innermost galleri [..]

An inexpensive, disposable box-like creation fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. It is designed to hold things for a short period of time [..]