ton

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A very large amount of something.

   I've got a ton of work to do this week.

2. 2
   noun

   A unit of weight, about 1,000 kilograms.

   The truck was carrying ten tons of gravel.

Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.

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