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tonne
[tuhn]
tonne
/ ʌ /
noun
Also called (not in technical use): metric ton.a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg or 2204.6 pounds
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tonne1
Example Sentences
But by the start of 2025 this so-called "carbon budget" had shrunk to 130 billion tonnes, according to the new study.
The WFP meanwhile warned that the 9,000 tonnes of food aid it had dispatched over the past four weeks was "a tiny fraction" of what was needed in Gaza.
There is also a deal for reciprocal access to 13,000 metric tonnes of beef being sold each way – meaning British farmers can export beef to the US.
Weighing 5,000 tonnes, they are by far the biggest warships North Korea has, and are capable, in theory, of firing nuclear short-range missiles.
The UK has scrapped this tariff and raised the quota to 13,000 metric tonnes, according to terms shared last month.
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