"short ton" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Wikipedia link: short ton Related terms: long ton, measurement ton, metric ton, register ton Translations (USCS ton): 英噸 (Chinese Mandarin), 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)
    Sense id: en-short_ton-en-noun-WXSKh0m9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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