tons

British  

/ tʌnz /

plural noun

1. a large amount or number:

   tons of money

   I have tons of shoes

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adverb

1. (intensifier)

   I looked and felt tons better

Example Sentences

Head stayed at the top of the order, made two more tons, was the highest run-scorer in the series and was on the front page of the Herald Sun newspaper on Christmas Eve.

From BBC

She questions what will happen to roughly 31 metric tons of Venezuela’s gold held in Bank of England vaults.

From The Wall Street Journal

They also would be about half the size of the largest battleship ever built, Japan’s Yamato, which displaced 72,000 tons.

From Los Angeles Times

It predicts some 38.1 billion metric tons of fossil carbon dioxide emissions this year alone.

From Salon

Also this year, central banks around the world added hundreds of tons of gold to their reserves, according to the World Gold Council trade association.

From BBC

Related Words

• oodles