"short ton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: short tons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} short ton (plural short tons)
  1. A unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2000 U.S. or avoirdupois pounds, approximately 907 kilograms. Wikidata QID: Q469356 Synonyms: ton[Appendix:Glossary Hypernyms: ton Related terms: ton of refrigeration Coordinate_terms: long ton, metric ton, tonne, measurement ton, register ton Translations (USCS ton): 英噸 /英吨 (yīngdūn) (Chinese Mandarin), tonne courte [feminine] (French), amerikai tonna (Hungarian), bandarískt tonn [feminine] (Icelandic), 米トン (Bei-ton) (alt: べいトン) (Japanese), engelskt kort ton [neuter] (Swedish)

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