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The answer TON has 1159 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of ton in various dictionaries:
noun - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
noun - a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.
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| Ore delivery, maybe |
| Great amount |
| Lot |
| Ocean |
| Coal delivery unit |
| Quite a load |
| Busy person's alleged work load |
| Style, Elle-style |
| Heavy weight |
| Whole bunch |
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| A "long" one is 2,240 pounds, a "short" one is 2,000 |
| While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points |
| Following "assay", this 3-letter word is a unit of mass; following "freight", it's a unit of capacity |
| 32,000 ounces make a short one; 3,274 more make a metric one |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Ton, Hamah, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |
| Ton, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic) |
| Ton, Ysyk-Kol, KYRGYZSTAN |
| Ton, Tuy, BURKINA FASO |
| ton, B2, FRANCE |
| Ton description |
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The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years. It is used principally as a unit of mass. Its original use as a measurement of volume has continued in the capacity of cargo ships and in terms such as the freight ton. It can also be used as a measure of energy, for truck classification, or as a colloquial term. * It is derived from the tun, the term applied to a cask of the largest capacity. This could contain a volume between 175 and 213 imperial gallons (210 and 256 US gal; 800 and 970 l), which could weigh around 2,000 pounds (910 kg) and occupy some 60 cubic feet (1.7 m3) of space. The origin for the word ton comes from ancient Greek (thúnnos, tuna fish). * In the United Kingdom the ton is defined as 2,240 avoirdupois pounds (1,016 kg). This is equivalent to 20 hundredweight, a hundredweight being eight stone, and a stone weighing 14 pounds. From 1965 the UK embarked upon a programme of metrication and gradually introd |