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