Meanings
nounshort ton (plural short tons)
plural short tons
- A unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2000 U.S. or avoirdupois pounds, approximately 907 kilograms.
Synonyms: ton[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2000 U.S. or avoirdupois pounds, approximately 907 kilograms.
Similar
ton[Appendix:Glossary
More synonyms by meaning
nouna United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
Similar
tonnet ton
Broader
avoirdupois unit
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 英噸 /英吨
- 英噸 /英吨 (yīngdūn)USCS ton
French tonne courte
- tonne courteUSCS ton
Hungarian amerikai tonna
- amerikai tonnaUSCS ton
Icelandic bandarískt tonn
- bandarískt tonnUSCS ton
Japanese 米トン
- 米トン (Bei-ton)USCS ton
Swedish engelskt kort ton
- engelskt kort tonUSCS ton
Cite this entry
APA
short ton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20ton
MLA
“short ton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20ton. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short ton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20ton.
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