Tons

Josh, Karl, and I went hiking in Catoctin two weeks ago. The trail we took was littered with downed trees along one portion. The ranger at the park entrance warned us about it because it was a bit hard to find the trail under all of that wood. When we actually saw it, though, I was surprised and remarked, "There are a ton of downed trees over here!" I meant that there was a large quantity of trees on the ground, but once I got to thinking about it, I realized that there was far more than one ton of trees on the ground. Then I thought about how the word "ton" is really a reference to weight, but that we use it just as often to denote quantity. I couldn't think of any other words that straddle the same gap.