short ton

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   a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

   Synonymstonnet ton

   Broaderavoirdupois unit

   Part ofkiloton

   Partshundredweight

Questions about short ton

What does short ton mean?

short ton means "a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds".

What is another word for short ton?

Close synonyms include ton, net 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 short ton a common word?

short 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.