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tonne

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"Metric weight unit"

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5 lettersPronunciation /tʌn/Part of speech nounSorted ennotStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms

Word origin

From French tonne. Doublet of ton and tun.

Used in a sentence

  • Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear.
  • The British Steel Corporation, going metric but realising the possible confusion between a ton and a tonne (1,000 kilograms) has directed its staff to pronounce ‘tonne’ ‘tunnie’.
  • The tonne rhymes with con (perhaps not in North America!) to distinguish it from the non-SI unit of weight, the ton rhyming with bun.

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