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:
- shred
- trace
- scrap
- pittance
- bit
- touch
- grain
- mite
- spot
- ray
- grain
- touch
- taste
- shade
- bit
- atom
- atom
- fragment
- dram
- ace
- handful
- speck
- suspicion
- pinch
- mouthful
- ray
- spot
- speck
- peanuts
- iota
- sprinkling
- whit
- modicum
- strain
- particle
- pinch
- ounce
- sprinkle
- mite
- shade
- fragment
- tad
- iota
- molecule
- glimmer
- ounce
- glimmer
- modicum
- handful
- molecule
- pittance
- sprinkle
- tad
- hint
- ace
- dram
- strain
- suspicion
- shred
- shadow
- scrap
- hint
- whit
- peanuts
- particle
- shadow
- sprinkling
- trace
- taste
- mouthful
Synonyms:
- gobs
- abundance
- truckload
- hundred
- pack
- bundle
- yard
- basketful
- oodles
- mountain
- wad
- quite-a-bit
- shipload
- wealth
- sheaf
- profusion
- thousands
- much
- bushel
- reams
- good-deal
- heap
- carload
- bucket
- stack
- pot
- peck
- multiplicity
- mass
- raft
- volume
- fistful
- boatload
- plenitude
- all-kinds-of-
- myriad
- scads
- barrel
Antonyms:
- dab
- crumb
- little
- tittle
- lick
- granule
- dot
- scintilla
- smidgeon
- dash
- morsel
- absence
- crumb
- lack
- drop
- smidgin
- piece
- smidgin
- jot
- piece
- smattering
- smidgen
- dab
- portion
- smidgen
- shot
- scintilla
- tittle
- jot
- fleck
- dash
- streak
- section
- shortage
- smidgeon
- streak
- little
- nip
- granule
- dot
- lick
- morsel
- paucity
- smidge
- mote
- scruple
- drop
- nip
- portion
- lack
- smattering
- section
- fleck
- shot
- paucity
- absence
- smidge
- scruple
- mote
- shortage
Synonyms:
- plethora
- excess
- oversupply
- passel
- bevy
- rash
- superabundance
- flood
- multitude
- store
- overabundance
- flock
- crush
- redundancy
- cram
- deluge
- plateful
- plentitude
- crowd
- embarrassment
- lashins
- spate
- mess
- epidemic
- press
- zillion
- gazillion
- sea
- overage
- score
- surfeit
- plague
- overkill
- overflow
- throng
- overmuch
- potful
- drove
- sight
- host
- superfluity
- army
- surplus
- horde
- lashings
- bonanza
- million
- swarm
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
dozen, lot, quantity, plenty,loads, chunk, bunch, deal, pile, slew
shred, trace, scrap, pittance, bit, touch, grain, mite, spot, ray
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.
