What does gross ton mean?

gross ton means "a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds".

What is another word for gross ton?

Close synonyms include long ton, ton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gross ton a common word?

gross ton is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

gross ton — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
Synonymslong ton ton
Broaderavoirdupois unit
Partshundredweight

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What does gross ton mean?: gross ton means "a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds".
What is another word for gross ton?: Close synonyms include long ton, ton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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