Tons

Definition: Tons

Tons

Noun

1. A large number or amount; "made lots of new friends".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tons" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Tons

Crosswords: Tons

Faeroese (ton).

A trillion tons of rock and dust were thrown into the atmosphere, creating a cloud the sun was powerless to penetrate for a thousand years (Armageddon; writing credit: Robert Roy Pool; Jonathan Hensleigh)

You better do something, you idiot, because in ten minutes you're going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Fields (Silver Streak; writing credit: Colin Higgins)

That is the equivalent of 3 tons of my new synthetic chicken (Hamburger... The Motion Picture; writing credit: Donald Ross)

I'm sure there's tons of stuff like this (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I have tons of money (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: John Sayles)

You see, I'm six foot one, and I'm tons of fun ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal ("Sixteen Tons"; performing artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford)

You load sixteen tons, what do you get ("Sixteen Tons"; performing artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford)

Plenty of love, tons of kisses, hope some day to be your Mrs. (references; author: unknown)

Seven Tons of Gunfire (1964)

Construcción del petrolero Talavera de 32.000 Tons de p.m. para la C.E.P.S.A. (1960)

Tons of Trouble (1956)

Sur tous les tons (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Best Friends: Tons of Crazy, Cool Things to Do With Your Girlfriends (reference)

• Garfield Tons of Fun (reference)

• George and Martha Tons of Fun (reference)

• The Write Way to Go from Stress to Serenity: And Tons of Tongue Twisters for Miles of Smiles (reference)

• Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Tons of Trouble/Snoopers (reference)

• Merle Travis: Sixteen Tons - Rare Performances, 1946-1981 Vol. 2 (reference)

• Tons of Fun Vol. 13 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 16 Tons (reference)

• 16 Tons of Monkeys (reference)

• Sixteen Tons Rock N'Roll (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• MASQUE 10 Tons Of Fun For Macintosh (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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161 tons of high explosives going up at Dugway Proving Ground Surveying before and after for crustal deformation. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Moving the camp to Tigvariak Island - hundreds of tons moved 100 miles. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

About 400 tons of jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) are caught by a Chilean purse seiner. Credit: Fisheries.

A ghastly view of fish squeezed through the net by the tons of fish trapped within the main body of the net. Credit: Fisheries.

AQUARIUS weighs 100 tons in air but can be weightless underwater. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Figure 16. Certificate of examination certifying that the instruments had been tested at 3 tons pressure and the indicated corrections to readings thashould be used. These instruments were designed for use in polar areas and had temperature scales ranging from about -8C to 16C. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 4. Stevenson dynanometer, designed by the Scotch engineer Thomas Stevenson in 1843. This instrument measured the pressure exerted by waves on a vertical surface. He used this instrument to measure the pressure of waves at the lighthouse at Skerryvore where pressures close to 30 tons per square meter were observed. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Wrecked Taiwanese tuna vessel. Still had tons of tuna on board. Thousands of rats had taken over ship with relatively unlimited food supply. Credit: Small World.

Grasses and legumes on CRP land in southern Iowa cut soil losses by as much as 30 tons an acre a year. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship design. This plan, dated 14 February 1940, is for a ship of 54,500 tons standard displacement and 64,500 tons trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16"/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5"/54 guns and a 150,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 28 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 870'; waterline beam 114'; draft 36'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32" = 1'. Port side 5" gun arrangement is labeled "previous secondary battery arrangement". Starboard side has a "proposed secondary battery arrangement.". Credit: NAVY.

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Coal tar 50,000 tons Sulphate of ammonia 30,000 tons. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons.

They told me that in a good day they could get out a thousand tons, which was the yield of about one acre

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Business

The remaining 2.53 million tons were other types. (references)

About 1,000,000 tons was exported in 1996, mostly metal scrap. (references)

The Chengdu municipal government purchases the 400,000 tons of water. (references)

Economic History

West Bank

WB/G import 20-30,000 metric tons of rice annually. (references)

Kenya

The national output is placed at about 410,000 tons. (references)

Norway

The market has stabilized at about 20,000 tons level. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

In October Taliban soldiers seized food warehouses of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Kabul and Kandahar, seizing approximately 7,000 tons of food. (references)

Political Economy

Cuba

The 2000-2001 sugar harvest was more than 3.5 million tons, the second worst harvest in more than 50 years. (references)

CHILE

Such vessels also are the only ones allowed to transport by river or sea between two points in Chile ("cabotage") cargo shipments of less than 900 tons or passengers. (references)

Trade

Haiti

Pick-up trucks under 2 tons have a 5% levy. (references)

Haiti

Passenger transportation vehicles for over 25 passengers, and trucks over 2 tons are exonerated. (references)

Switzerland

Similar goods imported by ship in quantities of at least 12 tons may be stored for up to two years. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

In 1999, the airport served more than 1,500,000 passengers and handled over 25,000 tons of freight. (references)

Malaysia

The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is located 50 kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur and is capable of handling 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo annually. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Total freight traffic in 1997 for both ports exceeded 14 million tons of which over 50 percent were petroleum products (Abidjan) while San Pedro is used mostly for timber and other agricultural products. (references)

Worker Rights

Ukraine

In the coal-mining sector, it has been estimated that there are 5.2 deaths for every million tons of coal extracted. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "tons": a melt of two tons ♦ dry tons ♦ moisture tons ♦ tons of ♦ tons of money ♦ tons of times ♦ wet tons. Additional references.

Chinese 

吨 (ton, tonne). (various references)

Danish

ton stenkulsaekvivalent (tons coal equivalent), t SKAE (tons coal equivalent), ved blokkene paa mere end 20 tons er sedimentationen endnu tydeligere:V-formede lag af kugleformede dendritter er skudt ind imellem lagene af stoerre,ligeaksede dendritter (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct, with V-layers of rounded dendrites sandwiched between layers of larger equiaxed dendrites), million ton (million tons), kompenserede bruttotons (Compensated gross tons), KBT (Compensated gross tons), fiktive tons (fictitious freight tons), en automatisk baandvaegt med analog udgang registrerer antal ton i timen ved hjaelp af et dertil indrettet voltmeter (an analogue belt weigher expresses a rate of tons per hour as a voltage to be measured by a voltmeter suitably calibrated), bruttolast i tons (gross load in tons), belastning af fri varme (dry tons, sensible heat load), belastning af bunden varme (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons). (various references)

Dutch

voelbare warmtebelasting (dry tons, sensible heat load), Mt (Malta, million tons, Republic of Malta), megaton (megaton, million tons), latente warmtebelasting (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons), gewogen bruto tonnen (CGRT, compensated gross registered tonnes, compensated gross tonnes, Compensated gross tons), GBT (CGRT, compensated gross registered tonnes, compensated gross tonnes, Compensated gross tons), fictieve vrachttonnen (fictitious freight tons), een analoog-geregelde weegband geeft een capaciteit in tonnen per uur aan door een voltage dat wordt gemeten d.m.v. een goed geijkte voltmeter (an analogue belt weigher expresses a rate of tons per hour as a voltage to be measured by a voltmeter suitably calibrated), Bruto Register Ton (Gross Register Tons), bruto last in tonnen (gross load in tons), bruto belasting in tonnen (gross load in tons), bij gietblokken met een gewicht van meer dan 20 t is de sedimentatie nog duidelijker:V-vormige lagen van dendriet-globulen zijn ingesloten tussen lagen van grotere equi-axiale dendrieten (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct, with V-layers of rounded dendrites sandwiched between layers of larger equiaxed dendrites). (various references)

Finnish

vapaan lämmön kuormitus (dry tons, sensible heat load), sitoutuneen lämmön kuormitus (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons), miljoona tonnia (million tons), megatonni (megaton, million tons), laiva on 1000 tonnin vetoinen (the ship has a capacity of 1000 tons). (various references)

French

TBC (compensated gross registered tonnes, compensated gross tonnes, Compensated gross tons), tonnes par an (tons per annum), tonnes fictives de portée en lourd (fictitious freight tons), tonnes brutes compensées (Compensated gross tons), tonneau de jauge brute (Gross Register Tons), tonne équivalent charbon (tons coal equivalent), tonnage utile (payable tons), tjb (gross register tonnage, Gross Register Tons, gross registered ton, gross ton), TEC (tons coal equivalent), besoin de froid correspondant à la chaleur sensible (dry tons), charge brute en tonnes (gross load in tons), charge calorifique due à la chaleur latente (moisture tons, wet tons), charge calorifique due à la chaleur sensible (dry tons), charge calorifique latente (moisture tons, wet tons), charge calorifique sensible (dry tons), dans les gros lingots, au-delà de 20 t, la sédimentation est encore plus nette: des couches en V à dendrites globulaires sont intercalées entre les couches de dendrites équiaxes plus grosses (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct), mégatonne (million tons), besoin de froid correspondant à la chaleur latente (moisture tons, wet tons), mt (million tons), une bande de pesage à système analogique exprime un débit en tonnes/heure sous forme d'un voltage mesuré par un voltmètre convenablement étalonné (an analogue belt weigher expresses a rate of tons per hour as a voltage to be measured by a voltmeter suitably calibrated), million de tonnes (million tons). (various references)

German

Tonnen (tuns). (various references)

Greek 

μικτό φορτίο σε τόνους (gross load in tons), μεγάτονος (million tons), πλασματικοί τόννοι καθορισμού ναύλου (fictitious freight tons), φορτίο λανθάνουσας θερμότητας (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons), η ιζηματοποίηση είναι ακόμη πιο ευκρινής στην περίπτωση πλινθωμάτων άνω των 20 τόννων:στρώματα σχήματος V που αποτελούνται από σφαιροειδεί� (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct, with V-layers of rounded dendrites sandwiched between layers of larger equiaxed dendrites), αισθητό θερμικό φορτίο (dry tons, sensible heat load), θερμικό φορτίο συμπύκνωσης (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons), θερμικό φορτίο ψύξης (dry tons, sensible heat load). (various references)

Hungarian

kétezer tonna űrtartalmú hajó (ship of two thousand tons burden). (various references)

Italian

tonnellaggio lordo compensato (CGRT, C-GT, compensated gross registered tonnes, compensated gross tonnes, Compensated gross tons), TLC (CGRT, C-GT, compensated gross registered tonnes, compensated gross tonnes, Compensated gross tons, thin-layer chromatography), un nastro di pesata a sistema analogico esprime la portata in tonnellate /ora sotto forma di un voltaggio misurato da un voltmetro convenientemente tarato (an analogue belt weigher expresses a rate of tons per hour as a voltage to be measured by a voltmeter suitably calibrated), La sedimentazione è ancora più evidente nei lingotti da oltre 20 t: gli strati a V di dendriti globulari sono intercalati tra quelli con dendriti equiassiali più grandi (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct, with V-layers of rounded dendrites sandwiched between layers of larger equiaxed dendrites), carico termico di raffreddamento (dry tons, sensible heat load), carico termico di condensazione (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons), carico lordo in tonnellate (gross load in tons). (various references)

Korean 

톤 (ton, tonne). (various references)

Manx

ram ayn (tons of it), palchey ayn (tons of it). (various references)

Pig Latin

onstay.(various references)

Portuguese

nos grandes lingotes,com mais de 20 t,a sedimentação é ainda mais nítida:camadas em V com dendrites globulares estão intercaladas entre as camadas de dendrites equiaxiais maiores (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct, with V-layers of rounded dendrites sandwiched between layers of larger equiaxed dendrites), MT (Malta, million tons, Republic of Malta), megatonelada (megaton, million tons), carga térmica devido ao calor latente (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons), carga térmica devida ao calor sensível (dry tons, sensible heat load), carga bruta (gross load in tons). (various references)

Romanian

şarjã de douã tone (a melt of two tons). (various references)

Russian 

тонна (ton, tonne, tonnes). (various references)

Spanish

toneladas, montones (lashings, oodles, pots, scores). (various references)

Swedish

Mt (Malta, million tons, Republic of Malta), megaton (megaton, million tons), kylbehov för latent värme (latent heat load, moisture tons, wet tons), kylbehov för kännbart värme (dry tons, sensible heat load). (various references)

Turkish

yığın (accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregation, bank, batch, budget, bulk, bundle, cartload, chunk, clamp, clump, collection, congeries, conglomerate, conglomeration, crowd, drove, flock, force, heap, Hill, huddle, lump, mass, mound, pack, Peck, pile, raft, slew, stack, swarm, volume, wilderness). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "tons": tonsil, tonsilar, tonsillar, tonsillectomies, tonsillectomy, tonsillitis, tonsillitises, tonsils, tonsorial, tonsure, tonsured, tonsures, tonsuring. (additional references)

Words ending with "tons": antileptons, antiprotons, asyndetons, automatons, badmintons, batons, bellybuttons, betons, bostons, boutons, burtons, buttons, cantons, cartons, chitons, cottons, cratons, crotons, croutons, cytons, cytoskeletons, daltons, demetons, disulfotons, doubletons, endoskeletons, excitons, exoskeletons, feuilletons, frontons, futons, gigatons, gluttons, gravitons, guncottons, halogetons, jetons, jettons, keybuttons, kilotons, kryptons, leptons, magnetons, megatons, meltons, microplanktons, mirlitons, misbuttons, moutons, multimegatons, mutons. (additional references)

Words containing "tons": cottonseed, cottonseeds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tons" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Etons, itons, onz, Tansu, thones, tions, tno, tojs, toks, tona, tond, toni, tonk, Tonms, tonna, tonno, tono, tont, tonu, tonys, tonz, tonze, tonzi, toon, toons, toony, torns, Tornsk, tornus, tpn, trons, tunc, tunds, tuns, tuon, vonns. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: snot.

-1 letter: nos, not, ons, son, sot, ton.

-2 letters: no, on, os, so, to.

+1 letter: fonts, knots, notes, nowts, onset, santo, seton, snoot, snort, snots, snout, steno, stone, stony, tones, tongs, tonus, toons, towns, wonts.

+2 letters: astony, atones, batons, betons, bionts, boston, cantos, centos, contes, contos, cotans, counts, cytons, donuts, ethnos, founts, fronts, futons, honest, ingots, inmost, intros, jetons, joints, juntos, knouts, lentos, mongst, monist, montes, months, mounts, mutons, nestor, netops, nitons, nitros, nonets, norths, nostoc, noters, octans, onsets, outsin, pantos, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, points, pontes, postin, puntos, putons, santol, santos, setons, sexton, snoots, snooty, snorts, snotty, snouts, snouty, soften, sonant, sonata, sonnet, spinto, stenos, stingo, stinko, stolen, stolon, stoned, stoner, stones, stoney, stotin, stound, strong, strown, talons, tangos, taxons, telson, tenons, tenors, tensor, teston, thongs, thorns, tigons, tocsin, tokens, tolans, tomans, tondos, toners, tongas, tonics, tonish, tonnes, tonsil, toxins, toyons, tronas, trones, unstop.