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short ton

noun

a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

• Syn: ↑ton, ↑net ton

• Hypernyms: ↑avoirdupois unit

• Part Holonyms: ↑kiloton

• Part Meronyms: ↑hundredweight, ↑cwt, ↑short hundredweight, ↑centner, ↑cental, ↑quintal

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noun

: ton 1b — see measure table

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short ton see ↑ton¹

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Main Entry: ↑short

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short ton,

2,000 pounds avoirdupois or 907.18 kilograms; net ton.

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n. see ton I

Useful english dictionary. 2012.