tonner

[ tuhn-er ]

noun

1. something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):

   The sailboat was a twelve-tonner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tonner¹

1850–55; in parasynthetic compounds formed from ton ¹ and a quantifier; -er ¹

Example Sentences

Six months later, Kerry’s partial remains — a chunk of her skull, two leg bones and part of an arm bone — were found by an oil field worker near the 57 Freeway and Tonner Canyon in Brea.

From Los Angeles Times

When Ann Tonner left the Nazareth House orphanage in Glasgow as teenager, she was one of the few women of colour in the city, according to her son, Tony McCaffery.

From BBC

A grandmother and great-grandmother, Mrs Tonner died at a nursing home in Glasgow where she was living with Alzheimer's, on 8 April.

From BBC

About 11:45 p.m., he got a call from Tonner.

From Los Angeles Times

The process was born out of creativity and necessity, founder Alex Tonner said.

From Los Angeles Times