"tons" in the noun sense
1. short ton, ton, net ton
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
"made lots of new friends"
"she amassed stacks of newspapers"
2. long ton, ton, gross ton
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
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