Definitions for ton
tʌnton

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. short ton, ton, net tonnoun

   a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

2. long ton, ton, gross tonnoun

   a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ton, Tun

   In the names of places, are derived from the Saxon tun , a hedge or wall, and this seems to be from dun, a hill, the towns being anciently built on hills for the sake of defence and protection in times of war. Edmund Gibson Camden.

2. Tonnoun

   A measure or weight.

   Etymology: tonne, Fr.

   Spain was very weak at home, or very slow to move, when they suffered a small fleet of English to fire, sink, and carry away, ten thousand ton of their great shipping. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ton

   A ton is a unit of weight, typically used in the United States or in measurements related to shipping, equal to 2,000 pounds or approximately 907.18 kilograms.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ton

   pl. of Toe

2. Tonnoun

   the common tunny, or house mackerel

3. Tonnoun

   the prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton

4. Tonnoun

   a measure of weight or quantity

5. Tonnoun

   the weight of twenty hundredweight

6. Tonnoun

   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

7. Tonnoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ton

   The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years. It is used principally as a unit of weight, and as a unit of volume. It can also be used as a measure of energy, for truck classification, or as a colloquial term. It is derived from the tun, the term applied to a barrel of the largest size. This could contain a volume between 210 and 256 gallons, which could weigh around 2,000 pounds and occupy some 60 cubic feet of space. In the United Kingdom the ton is defined as 2,240 pounds. From 1965 the UK embarked upon a programme of metrication and gradually introduced metric units, including the tonne, a non-SI metric unit defined as 1000 kg. The UK Weights and Measures Act 1985 explicitly excluded from use for trade many units and terms, including the ton and the term "metric ton" for "tonne" In the United States and formerly Canada a ton is defined to be 2,000 pounds. Where confusion is possible, the 2240 lb ton is called "long ton" and the 2000 lb ton "short ton"; the tonne is distinguished by its spelling, but usually pronounced the same as ton, hence the US term "metric ton". In the UK the final "e" of "tonne" can also be pronounced, or "metric ton" when it is necessary to make the distinction.³¹

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ton

   tun, n. a measure of capacity, varying with the substance measured—timber, wheat, gravel, lime, coke, &c.—in the carrying capacity of ships, 40 cubic feet: a measure of weight, equal to 20 cwt. or 2240 lb. avoirdupois. [A.S. tunne, a vat, tub; Ger. tonne, cask.]

2. Ton

   ton, n. fashion, style.—adj. Ton′ish, stylish.—adv. Ton′ishly.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ton

   [from the Anglo-Saxon tunne]. In commerce, 20 cwt., or 2240 lbs., but in the cubical contents of a ship it is the weight of water equal to 2000 lbs., by the general standard for liquids. A tun of wine or oil contains 4 hogsheads. A ton or load of timber is a measure of 40 cubic feet in the rough, and of 50 when sawn: 42 cubic feet of articles equal one ton in shipment.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ton is ranked #7167 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ton surname appeared 4,667 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Ton.
   
   87.2% or 4,070 total occurrences were Asian.
   8.5% or 397 total occurrences were White.
   1.8% or 86 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 64 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 36 total occurrences were Black.
   0.3% or 14 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Avoirdupois Unit

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ton' in Nouns Frequency: #2129

Anagrams for ton »

1. not

How to pronounce ton?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ton in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ton in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ton in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ton in a Sentence

1. Olivia Ray:

   As aphysician, I know that myinitial investment [toward medical school] will eventually pay off, but it has totally helped that I have worked so very hard to makemoney of my own, reselling online is something a ton of college students, and even medical students, couldstart.

2. Chowan County Sheriff Dwayne Goodwin:

   We have interviewed a ton of people. We don't have a motive or anything at this point—no suspect, no motive.

3. Chief Executive Roman Ginis:

   It is designed to allow you the time to make a decision – not a ton of time, but enough with modern technology - then you don't need to react to every single flutter of quotes on the Street.

4. Jim Bridenstine:

   Ultimately, what we're trying to achieve is having numerous providers that are competing against each other on costs, innovation and safety. And then NASA can be a customer, one customer of many customers, and we already know that this will save a ton of money over the long term.

5. Eddy Vataru:

   At the end of the day, we have a ton of stimulus, both fiscal and monetary, and the markets have reacted to it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ton
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ton
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ton
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ton
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ton
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=ton
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html