Tonne (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The cargo ship was carrying a cargo of over 50,000 tonnes of grain to the port city.
- The company's annual production of steel exceeded 200,000 tonnes last year.
- The massive rock weighed over 5 tonnes and had to be lifted by a crane.
- The environmental impact of the factory's emissions was measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide released per year.
- The truck was only licensed to carry a maximum of 20 tonnes, but it was overloaded with 25 tonnes of cargo.