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1. (n.) ton
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois
2. ton
a unit of volume used in transportation by sea, commonly equal to 40 cubic feet (1.13 cu. m).
3. ton
a unit of internal capacity of ships, equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 cu. m)
4. ton
Often, tons. a great quantity; a lot:
a ton of jokes.
5. (n.) ton
high fashion; stylishness.
6. ton
the current fashion, style, or vogue.
Etymology: (1755–65; < F < L tonustone)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) short ton, ton, net ton
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
2. (noun) long ton, ton, gross ton
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
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1. (noun) ton
a unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds or 907 kilograms
2 tons of cement
2. ton
weigh a ton
to be very heavy
These bags weigh a ton.
3. ton
a lot of sth
I have a ton of work to do.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ton
the common tunny, or house mackerel
2. (noun) ton
the prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton
3. (noun) ton
a measure of weight or quantity
4. (noun) ton
the weight of twenty hundredweight
5. (noun) ton
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
6. (noun) ton
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
7. ton
pl. of Toe
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: ton |
 Arabic: طُن |
 Bulgarian: тон |
 Brazilian: tonelada |
 Czech: tuna |
 German: die Tonne |
 Danish: ton; -tons |
 Greek: τόνος |
 Spanish: tonelada |
 Estonian: tonn |
 Farsi: تن |
 Finnish: tonni |
 French: tonne |
 Hebrew: טוֹן |
 Hindi: टन, भार मापने की इकाई |
 Croatian: tona |
 Hungarian: tonna |
 Indonesian: ton |
 Icelandic: tonn |
 Italian: tonnellata |
 Japanese: トン |
 Korean: (중얄 단위) 톤 |
 Lithuanian: tona |
 Latvian: tonna |
 Malay: tan |
 Dutch: ton |
 Norwegian: tonn |
 Polish: tona |
 Persian: تن |
 Pashto: ټن، دتول اندازه ( ١٠٠٠ ) |
 Portuguese: tonelada |
 Romanian: tonă |
 Russian: (метрическая) тонна |
 Slovak: tona |
 Slovenian: tona |
 Serbian: tona |
 Swedish: ton |
 Thai: หน่วยน้ำหนักเท่ากับ 2,000 |
 Turkish: ton |
 Taiwanese: 噸，公噸 |
 Ukrainian: тонна |
 Urdu: ٹن، سو کوئنٹل کا وزن |
 Vietnamese: tấn |
 Chinese: 吨 |
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