Definition: 1. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds. 2. A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds.
Use 'ton' in a sentence:
1. The contract price quadrupled to nearly $100/ton.
2. This plane can carry a cargo of 16 tons.
3. I've got half a ton of gravel in the lorry but he won't sign my delivery note.
4. A Philippine Coast Guard spokesman said the ferry had been hit by a 12,000-ton Singapore registered cargo vessel.
5. Hundreds of tons of oil spilled into the sea.
6. The ton of concrete be used in the make of the wall.
7. The hundred and twenty ton aircraft was deeply mired.
8. This marble ramp weighs one ton.
9. Wherever you live, are there are a ton of local bands dying for an audience.
10. Thirty-six trucks were loaded with some 100 tons of dried milk and bandages.
11. A parcel weighing half a ton has just been delivered.
12. Do you have a ton of data to import?
13. I know lots of women who skip breakfast, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it.
14. In short, this game is a ton of fun.
15. Every year they panned about a ton and a half of gold.
16. They loaded about a ton of canned goods into the covered bed of a pickup truck.
17. The average bull weighs over one ton.
18. The maximum load for this lorry is one ton.
19. There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.
20. 300 tons of Peruvian mangoes were kept from entering France.
21. What have you got in this bag? It weighs a ton!
22. The total shortage was 200 tons.
23. A thousand tons of crude oil has spilled into the sea from an oil tanker.
24. Will I incur a ton of debt getting my degree?
25. There was a ton of great work, too.
26. You'll find a ton of files.
27. They came down on him like a ton of bricks (= criticized him very severely) .
28. The motorcyclist must have been doing a ton as he passed me.
29. It is quite adequately furnished but I wish it to be in really bon ton.
30. With fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.
31. There's always tons of scrap paper in Dad's office.
32. If there's a mistake she'll come down on me like a ton of bricks.
33. The company throws off a ton of cash.
34. It will save a ton of money.
35. The net profit amounts to 20 dollars per ton of ore.
36. It could be a tremendous tool for scientists who have to wade through tons of data.
37. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to saving of more than $100 per ton.
38. Thousands of tons of filth and sewage pour into the Ganges every day.
39. Don't you think that the Pope come down on them like the proverbial ton of bricks?
40. Not a ton of content, straightforward mission.
41. The truck carried many tons of freight.
42. Yesterday, a cargo ship chartered by the UN arrived in the capital carrying 1,550 tons of rice.
43. These cases weigh a ton.
44. They've got tons of money.
45. It is a ship with 5000 tons of goods.
46. On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
47. Ask a ton of questions?
48. They have 2,500 tons of paper stored in their depository.
49. Getting rid of rubbish can cost$ 100 a ton.
50. I felt like I was hit by a whole ton of bricks.
51. Even by modern standards, the 46, 000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
52. He was caught doing a ton.
53. The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.
54. The tolal reserves is about 2×10 ^ 6 ton.
55. I've still got tons to do.
56. Enl è ve ton manteau que nous causions plus à l'aise.
57. They drink tea with a ton of sugar!
58. The weight of this steel plate is one ton.
59. Six 10000 ton freighters can berth at this dock.
60. Disappointment hit her like a ton of bricks.
61. Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks.
62. We still have a ton to do.
63. The stones each measure one ton, which makes them difficult to transport by truck.
64. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year.
65. If you do something awful they all come down on you like a ton of bricks.
66. Getting rid of rubbish can cost $100 a ton.
67. They came down on him like a ton of bricks.
68. LME copper traded at $ 7, 439 a ton, up 3.4 % on the previous afternoon kerb.
69. Around 180,000 metric tons of food aid is required.
70. A UN spokesman said that the mission will carry 20 tons of relief supplies.
