Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US)A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.

    Tonne

    метри́ческая то́ннаmetríčeskaja tónna, то́ннаtónna

    тоннаtonna, метрична тоннаmetryčna tonna

    a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms

Examples

2 sentences
  1. This chocolate factory consumes twenty metric tons of raw cocoa per day.

  2. In Hamburg, authorities collected almost five metric tons of dead fish from ponds over the weekend.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms:
Русский
By meaning 1
unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms:

Forms

plural: metric tons
Singularmetric ton
Pluralmetric tons

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms:MTtonnet

See also

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