short ton

English

Noun

short ton (plural short tons)

  2. A unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2000 U.S. or avoirdupois pounds, approximately 907 kilograms.[1]
    Hypernym: ton
    Synonym: ton (elliptically synonymous in the US)
    Coordinate terms: long ton, metric ton, tonne, measurement ton, register ton

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  1. ^ US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886
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