ton Sentence Examples
- The ship carried a heavy ton of cargo across the ocean.
- The weightlifter hoisted a two-ton dumbbell with ease.
- The air conditioner emitted a ton of cool air, refreshing the room.
- The book was a tome of knowledge, weighing a ton in both physical and metaphorical terms.
- The construction site required a ton of concrete to build the skyscraper.
- The truck's engine roared with a deafening tonality.
- The music at the concert reached a fever pitch, with the bass reverberating with an almost tangible ton.
- The conversation was heavy with a ton of unspoken emotions.
- The bully taunted his victims with a condescending ton of voice.
- The team's victory brought a ton of joy to the city.
ton Meaning
ton (n)
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
ton ()
pl. of Toe.
ton (n.)
The common tunny, or house mackerel.
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
A measure of weight or quantity.
The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Synonyms & Antonyms of ton
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- taste
- modicum
- modicum
- atom
- grain
- glimmer
- molecule
- dram
- ray
- iota
- spot
- fragment
- ace
- sprinkle
- ounce
- whit
- hint
- suspicion
- particle
- trace
- fragment
- handful
- bit
- spot
- grain
- particle
- speck
- mouthful
- glimmer
- sprinkling
- pittance
- shade
- atom
- tad
- bit
- iota
- touch
- speck
- ace
- whit
- trace
- sprinkling
- mite
- ounce
- molecule
- pittance
- pinch
- strain
- sprinkle
- scrap
- shred
- pinch
- peanuts
- shadow
- ray
- shadow
- tad
- scrap
- touch
- suspicion
- shade
- mite
- peanuts
- taste
- handful
- shred
- mouthful
- strain
- dram
- hint
Synonyms:
- peck
- wealth
- volume
- quite-a-bit
- multiplicity
- much
- barrel
- plenitude
- yard
- truckload
- stack
- basketful
- heap
- all-kinds-of-
- boatload
- mass
- profusion
- reams
- shipload
- thousands
- raft
- oodles
- good-deal
- wad
- hundred
- myriad
- scads
- abundance
- gobs
- bundle
- sheaf
- mountain
- carload
- pot
- fistful
- bushel
- bucket
- pack
Antonyms:
- absence
- paucity
- morsel
- dab
- crumb
- nip
- smidge
- piece
- lick
- smattering
- little
- section
- fleck
- smidgeon
- portion
- smidgin
- scintilla
- smattering
- granule
- scruple
- lack
- portion
- lack
- shot
- dot
- mote
- drop
- smidgen
- shortage
- dot
- streak
- smidgeon
- tittle
- absence
- jot
- smidgin
- shot
- fleck
- mote
- little
- dash
- scruple
- section
- shortage
- paucity
- piece
- tittle
- scintilla
- smidge
- streak
- jot
- granule
- dab
- crumb
- morsel
- drop
- dash
- lick
- smidgen
- nip
Synonyms:
- sea
- crowd
- million
- superabundance
- epidemic
- gazillion
- spate
- crush
- overage
- bonanza
- embarrassment
- swarm
- plague
- deluge
- rash
- mess
- excess
- flood
- overflow
- throng
- army
- overmuch
- superfluity
- plethora
- surfeit
- lashins
- passel
- surplus
- oversupply
- flock
- zillion
- press
- potful
- sight
- host
- overabundance
- horde
- plentitude
- score
- redundancy
- overkill
- cram
- drove
- multitude
- store
- bevy
- plateful
- lashings
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word ton
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds, a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 poundspl. of Toe., The common tunny, or house mackerel., T
deal, chunk,loads, plenty, slew, quantity, lot, dozen, bunch, pile
taste, modicum, modicum, atom, grain, glimmer, molecule, dram, ray, iota
The ship carried a heavy ton of cargo across the ocean.
The weightlifter hoisted a two-ton dumbbell with ease.
The air conditioner emitted a ton of cool air, refreshing the room.
The book was a tome of knowledge, weighing a ton in both physical and metaphorical terms.
