- anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- a large, vanlike, reuseable box for consolidating smaller crates or cartons into a single shipment, designed for easy and fast loading and unloading of freight.
- an object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc
- a large cargo-carrying standard-sized container that can be loaded from one mode of transport to another
- (as modifier)
