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/tʌn/
noun

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

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Noun 4 meanings

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

  2. Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun

  3. Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.

    “I’ve got a ton of work to do.”

  4. 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.”

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Etymology

Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).

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TON at a glance

TON has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,337 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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