Ton

Quick meaning: Ton is a noun meaning Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:.

Meaning

Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:.

More Meanings

1. Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
2. (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
3. (colloquial, chiefly UK) Synonym of hundred, particularly:
4. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
5. Fashionable society; those in style.
6. Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
7. (HVAC) 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.

Example Sentences

I've got tons of work to do.

I’ve got a ton of work to do.

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

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

Word Forms

• tons

Synonyms for ton

Depending on context, synonyms include shitton, fuckton, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tonne, weight, kilo, gauge, tonnage, toon.

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