tonne

[ tuhn ]

noun

1. metric ton.

tonne

/ tʌn /

noun

1. a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg or 2204.6 pounds Also called (not in technical use)metric ton

Word History and Origins

Origin of tonne¹

From French, dating back to 1900–05; ton ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tonne¹

from French

Example Sentences

The landfill itself holds over 1.4 m tonnes of waste, but Mr Howells said he had narrowed the hard drive’s location to an area consisting of 100,000 tonnes.

From BBC

Geological Net Zero means balancing flows of carbon into and out of the solid Earth, with one tonne of CO2 committed to geological storage for every tonne still generated by any continued fossil fuel use.

From Science Daily

By the mid '80s he was believed to be the most prolific high-grade hashish smuggler in the business, importing thousands of tonnes of cannabis into the UK and US.

From BBC

A buyer, who claimed to represent a French supermarket chain, wanted to buy 22 tonnes of Hafod, his specialist cheddar.

From BBC

The engineers had travelled to the 209-year-old lighthouse ahead of a year long project to check the bearing the five tonne lens rotates on.

From BBC