Ton

What do we mean by ton?

A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms). noun

A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds (1.016 metric tons or 1,016.05 kilograms). noun

A metric ton. noun

A unit of capacity for cargo in maritime shipping, normally estimated at 40 cubic feet. noun

A unit of internal capacity of a ship equal to 100 cubic feet. noun

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. noun

A large extent, amount, or number. noun

Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”. noun

The prevailing mode; high fashion; style; air of fashion. See bon-ton. noun

See tone.

A form of -town, being the word town used in place-names, as Ashton, Hampton, Wolverton, Merton. noun

A Middle English plural of toe. noun

A cask; hence, a measure of capacity used for wine. See tun, 1. noun

A measure of capacity: used noun

For timber. 40 feet of oak or ash timber, sometimes 48 or 50 feet of hewn noun

For flour, 8 sacks or 10 barrels noun

For potatoes, 10 to 36 bushels noun

For wheat, 20 bushels noun

For earth or gravel, 1 cubie yard, sometimes 23 cubic feet noun

A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).

A unit of volume; register ton.

In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).

A large amount.

A speed of 100 mph.

One hundred pounds sterling.

One hundred runs.

(etc.) One hundred points scored.

Words that are spelled similarly to ton:
ton.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ton:
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Words that rhyme with ton:
run, one, gun, fun, than, sun, pun, shun, bun, dun, done, overrun, none, son, un, won, been, stun, spun, outrun, everyone, rerun, nun, outdone, anyone, someone, hun, home run, shotgun, undone, tonne, donne, homespun, jun, handgun, lun, dunn, mun, homerun, redone, begun, stepson, gunn, one by one, chun, dunne, brun, overdone, grandson, honey bun, yun, dry run, kun, thun, c1, long run, blowgun, midnight sun, bunn, chicken run, zip gun, cinnamon bun, outgun, nunn, m1, lunn, hired gun, loved one, number one, end run, grun, hyun, bull run, machine gun, erven, munn, gatling gun, huhn, hot cross bun, sticky bun, air gun, cross bun, in the long run, make fun, bank run, tommy gun, ski run, favorite son, stdin, spray gun, poke fun, submachine gun, brunn, burp gun, sally lunn, bruhn, quaker gun, electron gun, bofors gun, fast one.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ton:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective ton:
miles, truck, mile, trucks, ship, capacity, plant, crane, machine, vessel, load, furnace, guns, press, ships, cars, schooner, gun, roller, car, steamer, mileage, cranes, boat, tank, kilometers, vessels, weight, tanker, tanks, class, lorry, freighter, mill, locomotive, train, unit, furnaces, wish, loads, cruisers, boats, lorries, cruiser, carrier, vehicle, kilometres, liner, yacht, barges, blocks, locomotives, bomb, block, lots, maru, sloop, bombs, battleship, craft, wagons, hammer, tankers, engine, battleships, mark, cutter, pickup, shovel, payload, machines, units, wagon, brig, chassis, converters, vehicles, trains, steamship, carriers, tractor, harvest, crofts, trailer, limit, mifflin, kilometer, boulder, charge, crop, transport, smelter, bin, steel.

Consonant match to ton:
turn, tone, town, tune, tan, tin, ten, teen, tine, tonne, toon, tyne, taine, tenn, towne, tenne, teine, tonn, tann, toone.

Words that sound like ton:
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