Ton vs. Tan
Tonnoun
A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
Tannoun
A yellowish-brown colour.
Tonnoun
A unit of volume; register ton.
Tannoun
A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
‘She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.’;
Tonnoun
In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
Tannoun
The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
Tonnoun
A large amount.
‘I’ve got a ton of work to do.’; ‘I've got tons of work to do.’;
Tannoun
An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
Tonnoun
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
Tannoun
, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
Tonnoun
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
Tannoun
(dialectal) A twig or small switch.
Tonnoun
(cricket) One hundred runs.
Tanadjective
Of a yellowish-brown.
‘Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.’;
Tonnoun
(darts) One hundred points.
Tanadjective
Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
‘You’re looking very tan this week.’;
Tonnoun
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
Tanverb
To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
‘No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan. though I do burn.’;
Tonnoun
Fashionable society; those in style.
Tanverb
(transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
Ton
pl. of Toe.
Tanverb
To spank or beat.
Tonnoun
The common tunny, or horse mackerel.
Tannumeral
The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.
Tonnoun
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
‘If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.’;
Tannoun
See Picul.
Tonnoun
A measure of weight or quantity.
Tannoun
The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; - so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.
Tonnoun
The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Tannoun
A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
Tonnoun
Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
Tannoun
A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
Tonnoun
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Tanadjective
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
Tonnoun
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
Tanverb
To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
Tonnoun
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
Tanverb
To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
Ton
The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years.
Tanverb
To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a disobedient child's hide.
Tanverb
To get or become tanned.
Tannoun
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Tannoun
a light brown
Tannoun
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Tanverb
treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
Tanverb
get a tan, from wind or sun
Tanadjective
of a light yellowish-brown color
