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Ton

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Noun

1. net ton, short ton, ton

a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

2. gross ton, long ton, ton

a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ton

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noun
1. Also called: long ton British
a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms
2. Also called: short ton, net ton US
a unit of weight equal to 2000 pounds or 907.184 kilograms
3. Also called: metric ton, tonne
a unit of weight equal to 1000 kilograms
4. Also called: freight 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 £50 per ton of 1 cubic metre
5. Also called: measurement ton, shipping ton
a unit of volume used in shipping freight, equal to 40 cubic feet, irrespective of the commodity shipped
6. Also called: displacement ton
a unit used for measuring the displacement of a ship, equal to 35 cubic feet of sea water or 2240 pounds
7. Also called: register ton
a unit of internal capacity of ships equal to 100 cubic feet
noun
style, fashion, or distinction
noun
slang, mainly British
a score or achievement of a hundred, esp a hundred miles per hour, as on a motorcycle

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Ton

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nounWord forms: plural tons or ton
1. 
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.
: in full short ton
2. 
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
: in full long ton
3. 
metric ton
4. 
a unit of internal capacity of ships, equal to 100 cubic feet (or 2.8317 cubic meters)
: in full register ton
5. 
a unit of carrying capacity of ships, usually equal to 40 cubic feet
: also called measurement ton, freight ton
6. 
a unit for measuring displacement of ships, equal to 35 cubic feet: it is approximately equal to the volume of a long ton of sea water
: in full displacement ton
7.  US
a unit of cooling capacity of an air conditioner, equal to 12,000 Btu per hour
8.  [often pl.]; Informal
a very large amount or number
noun
style; vogue

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Ton

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n.
1. A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms). Also called net ton, short ton.
2. A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds (1.016 metric tons or 1,016.05 kilograms). Also called long ton.
3. A metric ton. See Table at measurement.
4. A unit of capacity for cargo in maritime shipping, normally estimated at 40 cubic feet.
5. A unit of internal capacity of a ship equal to 100 cubic feet.
6. A unit for measuring the displacement of ships, equal to 35 cubic feet, and supposed to equal the volume taken by a long ton of seawater.
7. often tons Informal
a. A large extent, amount, or number: has a ton of work; gets tons of fan mail.
b. Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean "to a great degree or extent" or "frequently": felt a ton better; has seen her tons lately.

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