ton

noun

1. 1

   Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.

2. 2

   Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.

3. 3

   Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.

4. 4

   Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).

5. 5

   Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).

6. 6

   figurativeAny large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.

   I’ve got a ton of work to do.

   I've got tons of work to do.

7. 7

   A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.

   Their main problem is that they somehow believe that a 12-ton unit can handle this entire building.

8. 8

   Synonym of hundred 100 pounds sterling.

9. 9

   Synonym of hundred 100 points.

10. 10

    Synonym of hundred 100 runs.

11. 11

    Synonym of hundred A speed of 100 mph (160 km/h).

    Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five

    So the old Rocker gets out his bike To make a ton before he takes his leave.

    Neil: How fast can this thing go then, do you reckon? Simon: Well, it's the special edition, so I reckon it could probably top a ton. Neil: Bollocks!

    The HSDT team, however, had some work to do, although by the end of 1972 the power car interior had been adjusted and BR had agreed to 'double-manning' with extra pay when speeds topped the ton.

noun

1. 1

   Fashion, the current style, the vogue.

   A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress.

   If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.

2. 2

   Fashionable society; those in style.

   [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of the ton […].

   The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.

   He had no plans to marry. Ever. And there wasn’t much point in attending ton parties if one wasn’t looking for a wife.

noun

1. 1

   Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.

Forms

plural

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