ton
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- noun
- /tʌn/
- Specialized
:
tonelada corta (EE. UU.)
- Based on these studies, they estimated that 64.8 million tons of demolition waste were generated in 1996.
- million tons
- 2,000 tons
- estimated in short tons
Let me lift my five ton bin of cosmetics.
- Let me lift my five ton bin of cosmetics.
Examples
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By month's end, you have used three tons of material, and over the year, thirty-seven tons.
Academic text (1999) -
We use it to transport very, very heavy pieces of machinery... up to hundreds of tons.
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There may be as many as ten tons or as few as six.
Fiction book (1992) -
You knocked over three tons of cement dust.
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Let me lift my five ton bin of cosmetics.
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And we want 2,000 more tons of barley.
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In 1998, Arkansas recycled 836,800 tons, saving more than $23 million in disposal costs.
Academic text (1999) -
Dierks estimates that 40,000 tons of trees and brush were collected and processed after the storm.
Academic text (1999) -
About 19.5 million tons of waste wood were already being recovered, combusted, or not usable.
Academic text (1999) -
The truck was loaded with ten tons of gravel for the construction project.
Synonyms
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A unit of weight used in the United States equal to 2,000 pounds, about 907 kilograms
A measure of weight used in the United States equal to 2,000 pounds
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A unit of weight used in the United States equal to 2,000 pounds, about 907 kilograms
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Etymology
Ton comes from the old English word tun, meaning a big 'cask' or barrel that held heavy loads. That picture of a heavy barrel became a way to measure weight, and in the United States the amount was later fixed at 2,000 pounds, a little less than the British ton.