1. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
   "The truck had a capacity of 10 short tons";
   - short ton, net ton
    
2. A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
   "The cargo ship could carry 500 long tons";
   - long ton, gross ton
    
3. [informal] A large number or quantity
   "There were a ton of people at the concert";
   - shedload [Brit, informal], truckload [informal], barrowload [informal], buttload [N. Amer, informal], gob [N. Amer, informal], bucket [informal], bucketload [informal]
    
4. [Brit, informal] One hundred; a speed of 100 mph, 100 pounds, score of 100, etc.
   "The cricketer scored his first ton in international play"

Sounds like: tolle, ton, tun

Derived forms: tons

Type of: avoirdupois unit

Part of: kiloton

Encyclopedia: Ton, Mingin