tonne
15
2.4
- noun
- /tʌn/
- UK
:
tonelada
- The world already produces more than 300 million tonnes of plastic a year.
- million tonnes
- metric tonnes
- tonnes of emissions
Examples
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But in 2003, it increased to 174 million tonnes, which is a 26% increase.
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Some dhows were said to carry hundreds of tonnes of cargo at a time.
Fiction book (2000) -
This is just a tonne of clean fish.
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Some weigh over a tonne.
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India subsequently sent 25 tonnes of relief material to Pakistan, including food, blankets, and medicines across the land routes.
Academic text (2018) -
In 2002, only 174 million tonnes of bioenergy production were produced in the EU.
Blog text (13) -
According to the FAO, global cereal output rose to 2.3 billion tonnes in 2011/12, a record.
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A cubic kilometer contains 1 billion cubic meters. A cubic meter of water weighs 1 metric tonne.
Academic text (2011) -
Some dhows were said to carry hundreds of tonnes of cargo at a time.
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Emirates has said it will fly over 175 tonnes of relief material to flood-hit Kerala.
Synonyms
18
2.7
A weight equal to one thousand kilograms
10
6.3
A unit of weight that equals 1,000 kilograms
1
3.9
A short form for metric ton meaning a weight of 1,000 kilograms
Compounds
- Specialized
A measure of transport equal to moving 1000 kilograms of goods one kilometer
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tonne comes from an old word for a large barrel, tun, from Latin tunna, which meant a big 'cask'. Because those barrels were very heavy, the idea became a unit of weight and gave us the English ton, while the modern tonne is the metric 'ton' of 1,000 kilograms.