Meaning & use
ton
A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds in the United States, or 1,000 kilograms in the metric system.
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The truck can carry up to five tons of gravel.
Recycling programs in the city diverted thousands of tons of waste from landfills last year.
A note on using this word
The informal plural 'tons of' means 'a large amount of' and is common in casual speech.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
(informal) A very large amount.
She has tons of homework to finish before the weekend.
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