packaging [5]

Anything to do with the packing or wrapping of food, whether to sell, cook, freeze or preserve it.

butter cup

Single-serving portions served with bread in restaurants.

milk/cream cup

Single-serving portion served with coffee.

small carton

Small watertight container, usually filled with milk or cream; it comes in pint and half-pint sizes.

carton

Watertight container for the sale of liquid foodstuffs such as milk and juice; it comes in one- or two-quart sizes.

gabletop

Top part of a carton closed by flaps, one end of which can turn into a pouring spout.

cheese box

Small cylindrical container, generally made of wood or cardboard, containing a round of cheese wrapped in paper.

tube

Flexible cylinder-shaped packaging with a flattened base containing a paste that is squeezed out by finger pressure.