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ton

  • noun
  • /tʌn/

Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly

Other meanings

  1. The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.

  2. The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.

Synonyms

  • net ton

Example sentences

  • “I don't think I'm in a ton of immediate danger.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old French "tonne".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ton” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.