ton: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 3 letter points · starts with T · ends with N
Meaning of ton
noun
Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
Listed forms: tons.
Source: Wiktionary — ton.
noun
- uncountable
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
- uncountable
Fashionable society; those in style.
Source: Wiktionary — ton.
noun
Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
Listed forms: tons.
Source: Wiktionary — ton.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ton.
noun
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- short ton
- net ton
noun
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
- long ton
- gross ton
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ton in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ton
T(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 3 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ton
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from ton
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ton. Showing up to 24, longest first.