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long ton

noun

a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds

• Syn: ↑ton, ↑gross ton

• Hypernyms: ↑avoirdupois unit

• Part Meronyms: ↑hundredweight, ↑cwt, ↑long hundredweight

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noun

: ton 1a — see measure table

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long-togs, long Tom, long ton see under ↑tog¹, ↑tom¹ and ↑ton¹ respectively.

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Main Entry: ↑long

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long ton,

the British ton, 2,240 pounds or 1,016.05 kilograms.

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n. see ton I

Useful english dictionary. 2012.