Get Free Checker

short ton

NOUN
  1. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

How To Use short ton In A Sentence

  • The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 
  • The project for auto sheets would provide for 1.21 million short tons of cold-rolled coiled sheets as well as 500,000 tons of zinc-plated hot-rolled coils annually, the Hunan provincial government said on its website this weekend, citing data provided by Hunan Valin's corporate affairs department. Arcelor's
  • The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 
  • Calico's annual output was accordingly very small through 1888, probably not exceeding 250 short tons, or 500,000 pounds, valued at no more than $33,500.
  • It sent 88 vehicles, 800 short tons and 100 troops to Italy in 1999.
  • All the vehicles and equipment together weigh about 13,000 short tons.
  • Between August 1990 and May 1991, they also helped serve 94 million meals, stage and dispense one billion gallons of fuel, and handle 43,769 short tons of mail.
  • It can travel at speeds of up to 40 knots, transport 1,000 short tons of equipment and more than 350 combat soldiers.
  • The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 
  • Even so, there are still possible confusions to the unwary as one can have long hundredweight, short hundredweight, metric hundredweight, and short tons.
View all