FOOT-TON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foot-ton mean? 

• FOOT-TON (noun)
  The noun FOOT-TON has 1 sense:

1. 2240 foot-pounds

  Familiarity information: FOOT-TON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOT-TON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

2240 foot-pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("foot-ton" is a kind of...):

energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)

Meronyms (parts of "foot-ton"):

foot-pound (a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot)