carton

Definitions of carton
  1. noun
    a cardboard suitable for making posters
  2. noun
    stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper
  3. noun
    something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
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    type of:
    réussite, succès
    an attainment that is successful
  4. noun
    a stiff moderately thick paper
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    types:
    carte
    thin cardboard, usually rectangular
    carton ondulé
    cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides)
    type of:
    papier
    a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
    matériel d'emballage, rembourrage
    any material used especially to protect something
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