US /tʌn/ UK /tʌn/
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noun name Freq #33275

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

    The truck was carrying twenty tonnes of coal.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a unit of mass equal to... metric tonmegagram
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Forms tonnes

Etymology

From French tonne. Doublet of ton and tun.

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