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Spell Bee Word: Carton


What does carton mean?

Word: Carton

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Carton means a box made of thick card, used to hold goods for sale or to store things.

Synonyms: box, pack

How do you spell carton?

Syllables: car - ton

Tricky part: Carton has only one o in its second half. With two o's it becomes cartoon, a funny drawing or film.

Watch out for: cartun, carten, cartan

Memory tip: A carton holds things; a cartoon makes you laugh. The funny one has the extra o, like two eyes watching TV.

Carton in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma stores her sewing threads in an old shoe carton.

Example 2: The shopkeeper opened a carton of new notebooks.

Example 3: We bought a carton of a dozen eggs.

Fun Fact

Carton and cartoon both come from the Italian cartone, meaning thick paper. Artists once drew their plans for big paintings on such paper.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) parcel
b) bucket
c) basket
d) cartton

Show answer

d) cartton. Carton has just one t.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bottel
b) carton
c) packet
d) jar

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a) bottel. Carton is right; bottle ends in -le.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

carton

a) cart
b) acorn
c) coat
d) cotton

Show answer

d) cotton. Cotton needs two t's and two o's, but carton has one of each.

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the same 'ar' sound as in carton?

a) word
b) warm
c) garden
d) care

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c) garden. Garden starts with the same 'ar' sound as car in carton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should you do with an empty juice carton?

a) leave it on the bus seat
b) put it in the recycling bin
c) push it under the bed
d) throw it on the road outside

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b) put it in the recycling bin

2. Which of these is often sold in a carton?

a) petrol
b) milk
c) cooking gas
d) paint

Show answer

b) milk

Associated Words

Words that start with car: cardigan, carol, carbonated, carnation, carnival

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: box

More words from this list

crumple, essence, heap, meek, pyramid, staple, tournament, xylophone

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