Antonyms for tons

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tuhn

Phonetic Transcription : tʌn

Definition of tons

Origin : late 14c., tonne, unit for measuring the carrying capacity of a ship, originally "space occupied by a tun or cask of wine," thus identical to tun (q.v.). The two words were not differentiated until 1680s. The measure of weight is first recorded late 15c.; the spelling ton is from 1530s, and became firmly established 18c.

As in many : noun abundance; a lot
As in mountain : noun very large hill
As in much : noun a great deal
As in oodles : noun a lot
As in scads : noun large quantity,
As in lots : noun great quantity
As in jillion : noun heap
As in million : noun heap
As in multiplicity : noun heap
As in passel : noun heap
As in ream : noun heap
As in scad : noun heap
As in slew : noun heap
As in trillion : noun heap
As in amount : noun quantity
As in heap : noun pile, accumulation

Example sentences :

Now, only 15,000 tons are made per annum by Leblanc's process.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various

Of acid it would take 60 times the weight of the gas, or nearly 76 tons.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

One of 'em weighed twenty-one tons, and none on 'em weighed less'n five.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

These were schooners, salt droggers, of about sixty or eighty tons.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

She was of about two hundred tons burthen, but must have-been old and rotten.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

To-night we grapple for the heavy cable, eight tons to the mile.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

The keel was laid for a ship of thirty-five tons, to be named the Pilot.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

In two or three years business increased to a hundred tons daily.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

By the close of 1869, it is expected the product will reach a thousand tons daily.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

To produce this it is estimated that 225,000 tons of coal and coke were consumed.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

Synonyms for tons

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