ton

Noun (1)

ton (plural tons)

1. The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
2. The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
3. The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.

   Synonyms:

   tonne, metric ton, megagram

4. The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
5. The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
6. (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
   • I’ve got a ton of work to do.
   • I've got tons of work to do.

   Synonyms:

   shitton, fuckton, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload

7. 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.
   • Their main problem is that they somehow believe that a 12-ton unit can handle this entire building.

   Synonyms:

   ton of refrigeration, refrigeration ton, TR, RT

8. (UK, colloquial) 100 pounds sterling.
9. (UK, colloquial, usually) 100 points.

   Synonyms:

   tonne

10. (UK, colloquial) 100 runs.

    Synonyms:

    century

11. (UK, colloquial) A speed of 100 mph (160 km/h).
    • Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five1970, Mungo Jerry, “In The Summertime”, in In The Summertime
    • So the old Rocker gets out his bike
      To make a ton before he takes his leave.1976, “Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die”, in Ian Anderson (lyrics), Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, performed by Jethro Tull

Noun (2)

UK/tɔ̃/

ton (uncountable)

1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
   • A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 191
   • If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC
2. Fashionable society; those in style.
   • [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of the ton […].1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 13, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume I
   • The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.1823 December 17, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XIII, (please specify the stanza number)

Noun (3)

ton (plural tons)

1. Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.

   Synonyms:

   tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel

Noun (4) capitalized: TON

TON

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of threshold odor number.