Ton Synonyms

tŭn
A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. short-ton
  2. long-ton
  3. tonne
  4. twelve hundredweight
  5. two thousand pounds
  6. metric-ton
  7. a thousand kilograms
  8. shipping ton
  9. displacement-ton
  10. measurement-ton
  11. freight ton
  12. net ton
  13. gross ton

Words Related to Ton

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Ton Sentence Examples

  • He bought a ton of stuff.

  • It was daylight, and there were a ton of people around.

  • She had a ton left and began sifting through her drawers for jeans.

  • He sensed secrets in people, and this woman had a ton of them, which was at odds with her clear gaze and the shimmer of innocence around her.

  • The net effective work of lifting that can be performed by a man turning a handle may be taken, for intermittent work, as being on an average about 5000 foot-lb per minute; this is equivalent to 1 ton lifted about 24 ft.

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