What does "ton" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "ton"?

Common synonyms include: tonelada, tonne, abundance, arseload, assload, beautiful people.

Ton

//tʌn// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
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.
2
Fashion, the current style, the vogue. uncountable
"A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress."
3
Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
4
Initialism of threshold odor number. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds wordnet

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6
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.
7
Fashionable society; those in style. uncountable
"[S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of the ton […]."
8
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds wordnet
9
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.
10
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).
11
Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun; The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
12
Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything. figuratively
"I’ve got a ton of work to do."
13
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."
14
Synonym of hundred; 100 pounds sterling. UK, colloquial
15
Synonym of hundred; 100 points. UK, colloquial, usually
16
Synonym of hundred; 100 runs. UK, colloquial
17
Synonym of hundred; A speed of 100 mph. UK, colloquial
"Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five"