Noun (1)
I received a ton of advice on the problemβall of it unsolicited Noun (2)
granite countertops became all the ton in kitchen decor
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That's nearing the roughly 880 million tons emitted by the entire global aviation industry, an estimate from industry group Air Transport Action Group.βπ Image ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 It's been nice getting to shout out a lot of Cincinnati stuff on the show, because there wasn't a ton of representation.βπ Image Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2026 Mexicoβs government reported that 800 tons of hydrocarbon-laden waste have spilled into the ocean.βπ Image Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 This could potentially create hundreds of thousands of tons of glass waste per year.βπ Image Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ton
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English tunne unit of weight or capacity β more at tun
Noun (2)
borrowed from French, "pitch, tone, manner, style," going back to Old French, "sound of voices, voice quality," going back to Latin tonus "strain, tension, musical pitch, note" β more at tone entry 1
