ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌn/
ipa: /tʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: tons
Etymology: Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).
Senses: glosses: 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.
glosses: 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.
glosses: Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun
The metric ton of 1000 kilograms, 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
synonyms: tonne
metric ton
megagram
glosses: 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).
glosses: 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).
examples: text: I’ve got a ton of work to do.
text: I've got tons of work to do.
synonyms: word: abundance
word: arseload
word: assload
word: bellyload
word: boatload
word: brimful
word: busload
word: bucketful
word: bucketload
word: butt-ton
word: bumload
word: buttload
word: cartload
word: crapload
word: deal
word: fuckload
word: fuckton
word: fuckwad
word: great deal
word: hantle
word: heap
word: hecatomb
word: helluvalot
word: horseload
word: lashings
word: load
word: lot
word: mampus
word: many
word: mass
word: metric fuckton
word: metric shitload
word: mickle
word: mountain
word: muckle
word: multiplicity
word: multitude
word: pile
word: ream
word: shedload
word: shitful
word: shitload
word: shitton
word: slew
word: spadeloads
word: sum
word: superflux
word: ton
word: trainload
word: truckload
word: tun
word: vaultful
word: wagonload
glosses: Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
glosses: 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.
glosses: Synonym of hundred, particularly
100 pounds sterling.
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glosses: Synonym of hundred, particularly
100 points.
synonyms: tonne
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of hundred, particularly
100 runs.
synonyms: century
examples: text: Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five
ref: 1970, Mungo Jerry, “In The Summertime”, in In The Summertime:
text: 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!
ref: 2008, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, “Caravan Club”, in The Inbetweeners, Series 1, Episode 5, E4:
text: 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.
ref: 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 50:
glosses: Synonym of hundred, particularly
A speed of 100 mph.
Derived terms: assay ton
available ton mile
butt-ton
by the ton
cubic ton
deadweight ton
displacement ton
foot-ton
freight ton
fuckton
gross register ton
hit like a ton of bricks
hoppus ton
like a ton of bricks
long ton
measurement ton
metric ton
net register ton
Prussian ton
register ton
shipping ton
shitton
short ton
thanks a ton
ton mile
ton-mile
ton mileage
ton of refrigeration
ton of TNT
ton-up
Related terms: tonelada