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TON
Etymology 1
Noun
ton (plural tons)
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).
(colloquial, hyperbole) A large amount.
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
(cricket) One hundred runs.
(darts, snooker, etc.) One hundred points scored.
Synonyms
• (large amount): heap, load, pile
• (one-hundred runs): century
• See also lot
Etymology 2
Noun
ton (uncountable)
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
Fashionable society; those in style.
Etymology 3
Noun
ton (plural tons)
The common tunny, or horse mackerel.
Anagrams
• NOT, NTO, Not., ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, not, not., on't
Noun
TON
Initialism of threshold odor number.
Anagrams
• NOT, NTO, Not., ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, not, not., on't
Source: Wiktionary
Ton, obs.
Definition: pl. of Toe. Chaucer.
Ton, n. Etym: [Cf. Tunny.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The common tunny, or house mackerel.
Ton, n. Etym: [F. See Tone.]
Definition: The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton. Byron. If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish. Thackeray. Bon ton. See in the Vocabulary.
Ton, n. Etym: [OE. tonne, tunne, a tun, AS. tunne a tun, tub, a large vessel; akin to G. & F. tonne a ton, tun, LL. tunna a tun; all perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. tunna a tun. Cf. Tun,Tunnel.] (Com.)
Definition: A measure of weight or quantity. Specifically: -- (a) The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Note: In England, the ton is 2,240 pounds. In the United States the ton is commonly estimated at 2,000 pounds, this being sometimes called the short ton, while that of 2,240 pounds is called the long ton. (b) (Naut. & Com.) 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. See the Note under Tonnage. (c) (Naut. & Com.) 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.
Note: Ton and tun have the same etymology, and were formerly used interchangeably; but now ton generally designates the weight, and tun the cask. See Tun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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