Definitions for TONtʌn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tontʌn(n.)
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois
Category: Weights and Measures
Ref: ( short ton ); ( long ton )
Category: Weights and Measures
Ref: Also called freight ton .
Category: Weights and Measures
Ref: metric ton.
Category: Weights and Measures, Navy
Ref: displacement ton.
a unit of volume used in transportation by sea, commonly equal to 40 cubic feet (1.13 cu. m).
Category: Weights and Measures, Navy
a unit of internal capacity of ships, equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 cu. m)
Category: Weights and Measures, Navy
Ref: ( register ton ).
Often, tons. a great quantity; a lot:
a ton of jokes.
Category: Informal
Origin of ton:
1350–1400; ME; var. of tun
ton*(n.)(pl.)tons
high fashion; stylishness.
Category: Foreign Term
the current fashion, style, or vogue.
Category: Foreign Term
* (Fr. tôn ),(Fr. tôn )..
Origin of ton:
1755–65; < F < L tonustone
-ton
a suffix formerly used to form nouns from adjectives:
simpleton; singleton.
Category: Affix
Origin of -ton:
var. of dial. toneone (see tother )
Princeton's WordNet
short ton, ton, net ton(noun)
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
long ton, ton, gross ton(noun)
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
ton(noun)ˈʌn
a unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds or 907 kilograms
2 tons of cement
tonˈʌn
to be very heavy
These bags weigh a ton.
tonˈʌn
a lot of sth
I have a ton of work to do.
Webster Dictionary
Ton(u)
pl. of Toe
Ton(noun)
the common tunny, or house mackerel
Ton(noun)
the prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton
Ton(noun)
a measure of weight or quantity
Ton(noun)
the weight of twenty hundredweight
Ton(noun)
forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden
Ton(noun)
a certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc
Translations for TON
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
ton(noun)
a unit of weight, 2,240 lb, (American) 2,000 lb; a metric ton (also tonne
It weighs a ton and a half; a three-ton weight.
- tonAfrikaans
- طُنArabic
- тонBulgarian
- toneladaPortuguese (BR)
- tunaCzech
- die TonneGerman
- ton; -tonsDanish
- τόνοςGreek
- toneladaSpanish
- tonnEstonian
- تنFarsi
- tonniFinnish
- tonneFrench
- טוֹןHebrew
- टन, भार मापने की इकाईHindi
- tonaCroatian
- tonnaHungarian
- tonIndonesian
- tonnIcelandic
- tonnellataItalian
- トンJapanese
- (중얄 단위) 톤Korean
- tonaLithuanian
- tonnaLatvian
- tanMalay
- tonDutch
- tonnNorwegian
- tonaPolish
- تنPersian
- ټن، دتول اندازه ( ١٠٠٠ ) كيلو ګرامهPashto
- toneladaPortuguese
- tonăRomanian
- (метрическая) тоннаRussian
- tonaSlovak
- tonaSlovenian
- tonaSerbian
- tonSwedish
- หน่วยน้ำหนักเท่ากับ 2,000 ปอนด์ (ในอเมริกา)Thai
- tonTurkish
- 噸，公噸Chinese (Trad.)
- тоннаUkrainian
- ٹن، سو کوئنٹل کا وزنUrdu
- tấnVietnamese
- 吨Chinese (Simp.)
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