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ton  (tn)
n. Abbr. t. or tn.
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. Informal
a. A large extent, amount, or number. Often used in the plural: 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.

[Middle English tonne, a measure of weight; see tun.]

ton 1
Noun
1. Brit a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046 kilograms
2. US & Canad a unit of weight equal to 2000 pounds or 907.184 kilograms
3. See metric ton
4. come down on someone like a ton of bricks to scold someone very severely
Adverb
tons a lot: I've got tons of things to do before going on holiday [variant of tun]

ton 2
Noun
Slang, chiefly Brit a hundred miles per hour [special use of ton1]

ton  (tn)
1. A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). Also called short ton. See Table at measurement.
2. 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.
3. See metric ton.

Ton a very large amount; a measure of weight (2240 Ib. in the United Kingdom, 2000 Ib. in the United States); also used in the plural, e.g. “tons” of something; people of fashion, collectively, e.g. “the ton,” 1815.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tonton - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
cental, cwt, short hundredweight, hundredweight, quintal, centner - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
kiloton - one thousand tons
2.tonton - a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
long hundredweight, cwt, hundredweight - a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
Translations
Spanish ton [tʌn] n (BRIT) (= 1016 kg), (US) (also: short ton) (= 907,18 kg) → tonelada;
tons of (col) → montones de

French ton [tʌn] ntonne f (Brit: = 1016 kg; US = 907 kg; metric = 1000 kg);
(Naut) (also: register ton) → tonneau m (= 2.83 cu.m);
tons of (inf) → des tas de

German ton [tʌn] n (Brit) → (britische) Tonne f;
(US) (also: short ton) → (US-)Tonne f (ca. 907 kg);
(also: metric ton) → (metrische) Tonne f;
tons of (inf) → Unmengen von

Italian ton [tʌn] ntonnellata (BRIT = 1016 kg; 20 cwt; US = 907 kg; metric = 1000 kg);
(NAUT) (also: register ton) → tonnellata di stazza (= 2.83 cu.m; 100 cu.ft);
tons of (col) → un mucchio or sacco di

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The Rodman Columbiad threw a shot weighing half a ton a distance of six miles, with a velocity of 800 yards per second-- a result which Armstrong and Palisser have never obtained in England.
Every boy he encountered added another ton to his depression; and when, in desperation, he flew for refuge at last to the bosom of Huckleberry Finn and was received with a Scriptural quotation, his heart broke and he crept home and to bed realizing that he alone of all the town was lost, forever and forever.
The elephant actress, as I was informed, weighed one ton less; so that we may take five as the average of a full-grown elephant.
 
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