plural tons also ton
1
2
: a great quantity : lot
ate tons of cookies
has tons of money
a ton of work to do
3
a
: a unit of internal capacity for ships equal to 100 cubic feet
called also register ton
b
: a unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater used in reckoning the displacement of ships and equal to 35 cubic feet
c
: a unit of volume for cargo freight usually reckoned at 40 cubic feet
called also measurement ton
1
: the prevailing fashion : vogue
2
: the quality or state of being smart or fashionable
Examples of ton in a Sentence
Noun (1)
I received a ton of advice on the problem—all of it unsolicited
Noun (2)
granite countertops became all the ton in kitchen decor
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
India produces nearly 50,000 tons of firecrackers annually, as part of an industry valued at the equivalent of about $723 million, according to a 2023 study.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Those are only the deceased who could be found and identified – at least 10,000 people are buried in the ruins, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense, whose teams are sifting through millions of tons of rubble and thousands of unexploded Israeli munitions among it.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Yes, yes, the Left has tons of its own anti-Semitic and racist baggage.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The 8,100-ton HMS Agamemnon successfully submerged near BAE Systems’s facility in Barrow, Cumbria.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
India produces nearly 50,000 tons of firecrackers annually, as part of an industry valued at the equivalent of about $723 million, according to a 2023 study.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Those are only the deceased who could be found and identified – at least 10,000 people are buried in the ruins, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense, whose teams are sifting through millions of tons of rubble and thousands of unexploded Israeli munitions among it.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Yes, yes, the Left has tons of its own anti-Semitic and racist baggage.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ton. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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