ton meaning in Sinhala
ටොන් ṭon
/tʌn/
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Ireland/tʊn/
ton in Sinhala: ටොන් (ṭon). In English, ton means the short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
Sinhala words for ton
- various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun
- ටොන් ṭon
English meaning of ton
- noun The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
- noun The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
- noun The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
- noun The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
ton in a sentence
- I’ve got a ton of work to do.
- I've got tons of work to do.
- Their main problem is that they somehow believe that a 12-ton unit can handle this entire building.
Synonyms of ton
ton in other languages
Questions about ton in Sinhala
- What is the meaning of ton in Sinhala?
- Ton in Sinhala is ටොන් (ṭon).
- ton යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
- Ton: ටොන් (ṭon).
- What does ton mean in English?
- Ton means the short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
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