Ton Definition
tŭn
noun
A unit of weight, equal to 2,240 pounds avoirdupois (1,016.0469 kilograms or 1.016 metric tons or 1.12 short tons), commonly used in Great Britain.
Webster's New World
A unit of weight, equal to 2,000 pounds avoirdupois (907.1847 kilograms or 0.90718 metric ton or 0.8929 long ton), commonly used in the U.S., Canada, South Africa, etc.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A unit of internal capacity of ships, equal to 100 cubic feet (or 2.8317 cubic meters)
Webster's New World
A unit of carrying capacity of ships, usually equal to 40 cubic feet.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- a thousand kilograms
- tonne
- freight ton
- measurement-ton
- displacement-ton
- shipping ton
- long-ton
- metric-ton
- short-ton
- two thousand pounds
- twelve hundredweight
- net ton
- gross ton
suffix
Place name suffix.
Wiktionary
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Ton
- the ton
Origin of Ton
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Middle English tonne a measure of weight tun
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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