tons

Noun

Meaning

tons

plural of ton

tons pl (plural only)

(colloquial) Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).
I have tons of pens, but none of them work.
Tons of people attended the game.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

many ocean lot masses abundance dozens piles billion scores loads lots heaps oodles hemorrhoid a lot
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Antonyms

few

Hypernyms

large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity

Phrases with the word

metric tons million tons tons of tons of money one million tons

Anagrams

nost snot onst SOTN Ston Nots

Examples

91% of the operational oil spills were small, resulting in less than 7 tons per spill. Source: Internet

A 250,000-strong army needs 250 tons of supplies daily (5 ships). Source: Internet

A battery of four BM-13 launchers could fire a salvo in 7–10 seconds that delivered 4.35 tons of high explosives over a convert impact zone, Zaloga, p 154. making its power roughly equivalent to that of 72 guns. Source: Internet

About 45,000 tons of soil contaminated with radioactive isotopes was collected and placed into a fenced area covering convert on the north of the island. Source: Internet

About 2% of these were expected to fall back to the ground, almost 90 tons of rounds, which would cause far more damage than the missile. Source: Internet

A Bessemer converter could treat a "heat" (batch of hot metal) of 5 to 30 tons at a time. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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