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ton
1[ tuhn ]
noun
- a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois short ton, or net ton in the United States and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois long ton in Great Britain.
- Also called freight ton. a unit of volume for freight that weighs one ton, varying with the type of freight measured, as 40 cubic feet of oak timber or 20 bushels of wheat.
- a unit of volume used in transportation by sea, commonly equal to 40 cubic feet (1.13 cu. m) shipping ton, or measurement ton.
- a unit of internal capacity of ships, equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 cu. m) register ton.
- Often tons. Informal. a great quantity; a lot:
a ton of jokes;
tons of wedding presents.
- British Informal. a speed of 100 miles per hour.
ton
2[ ton, French tawn ]
noun
- high fashion; stylishness.
- the current fashion, style, or vogue.
- the ton, (used with a singular or plural verb) fashionable society.
-ton
3- a suffix formerly used to form nouns from adjectives:
simpleton; singleton.
ton
1/ tʌn /
noun
- slang.a score or achievement of a hundred, esp a hundred miles per hour, as on a motorcycle
ton
2/ tʌn /
noun
- Also calledlong ton a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms
- Also calledshort tonnet ton a unit of weight equal to 2000 pounds or 907.184 kilograms
- Also calledmetric tontonne a unit of weight equal to 1000 kilograms
- Also calledfreight ton a unit of volume or weight used for charging or measuring freight in shipping. It depends on the type of material being shipped but is often taken as 40 cubic feet, 1 cubic metre, or 1000 kilograms
freight is charged at £40 per ton of 1 cubic metre
- Also calledmeasurement tonshipping ton a unit of volume used in shipping freight, equal to 40 cubic feet, irrespective of the commodity shipped
- Also calleddisplacement ton a unit used for measuring the displacement of a ship, equal to 35 cubic feet of sea water or 2240 pounds
- Also calledregister ton a unit of internal capacity of ships equal to 100 cubic feet
ton
3/ tɔ̃ /
noun
- style, fashion, or distinction
ton
/ tŭn /
- A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms).
- Also called short ton
- See Table at measurement
- A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 2,240 pounds (1,008 kilograms).
- Also called long ton
- See Table at measurement
- See metric ton
Other Words From
- ton·ish ton·nish [ton, -ish], adjective
- ton·ish·ly ton·nish·ly adverb
- ton·ish·ness ton·nish·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ton1
Origin of ton2
Origin of ton3
Idioms and Phrases
see like a ton of bricks .Example Sentences
If it’s too much to ask of Arnold that her bid for heightened naturalism make a ton of sense, “Bird” at least maintains a heartbeat of ache and affection for youth in all its rudeness, revealing a filmmaker who isn’t afraid of losing her claws if she traffics in the thing with feathers.
Baltimore has a ton of weapons, but this isn’t one of those classic Ravens defenses.
This could be a boon for the climate, because evidence suggests every metric ton of wet waste that is upcycled through fermentation — in this case, turned into dinner instead of landing into methane-spewing landfills — prevents the release of about 600 kilograms of CO2.
There’s a ton of outdoor music events in Los Angeles, especially around the summer months, but really all year round.
He was gifted with a superhuman taste sensitivity: He could easily distinguish a flavor at one ten thousandth of a gram in a fifteen ton batch.
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