Definition for Ton:

• A measure of weight, usually twenty hundredweight; the weight of 2, 240 pounds, used in Great Britain, commonly called a long ton; the weight of 2, 000 pounds, used in America, often called a short ton; a unit of measurement for cargo space in ships, equal to one hundred cubic feet; as, a ship of 6, 000 tons burden.

Synonyms for Ton:

• n.

  •
  • weight,
  • shipping ton,
  • metric ton,
  • all manner of something,
  • abundance,
  • freight ton,
  • a good/great deal of something,
  • quite a few,
  • displacement ton,
  • a load of/loads of something,
  • tonne,
  • quantity,
  • a thousand kilograms,
  • mass,
  • pile,
  • a lot/lots,
  • measurement ton,
  • two thousand pounds,
  • much.
  •
  • cubic,
  • carat,
  • acre,
  • Centigram,
  • cu,
  • area,
  • are,
  • BMI,
  • ct,
  • bushel.
  •amount (noun)
  • ton,
  • gob,
  • SLATS,
  • expanse,
  • number,
  • flock,
  • volume,
  • messes,
  • bulk,
  • bundle,
  • slat,
  • magnitude,
  • hunk,
  • pack,
  • extent,
  • peck,
  • supply,
  • measure,
  • tons,
  • mucho,
  • lot,
  • score,
  • load,
  • bags,
  • aplenty,
  • mint,
  • chunk,
  • whopper.
  •gross ton (noun)
  • gross ton.
  •heap (noun)
  • store,
  • stock,
  • agglomeration,
  • bunch,
  • bank,
  • plenty,
  • mound,
  • concentration,
  • haul,
  • gobs,
  • gathering,
  • batch,
  • ocean,
  • congeries,
  • aggregation,
  • stack,
  • sum,
  • collection,
  • lots,
  • profusion,
  • assemblage,
  • jumble,
  • Amassment,
  • cargo,
  • stockpile,
  • clump,
  • whole,
  • deposit,
  • fullness,
  • pot,
  • thousand,
  • lump,
  • hill,
  • cluster,
  • hoard,
  • harvest,
  • total,
  • a lot.
  •short ton (noun)
  • short ton.
  •ton (noun)
  • long ton,
  • net ton.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fashion.
  •cartridge
  • missile.

Paraphrases for Ton:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    T, TS.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    tonne, TONNES.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tonne, TONNES.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Tunas.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    tons, tone.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tonnage, tone.

Ton Sentence Examples:

• Then he commanded a ton of gold to be brought; it took sixteen of his strongest men to carry it, but the strong one snatched it up in one hand, put it in his sack, and said, Why don't you bring more at the same time?

• You pass a ton of that paint dry through a blast - furnace, and you'll get a quarter of a ton of pig - iron.

Homophones for Ton:

• tonne.