A tonne is a metric unit of weight that is equal to 1000 kilograms.
...65.5 million tonnes of coal. [+ of]
Prices had doubled in the past year to 200 a tonne after a series of poor harvests.
tonne in British English
(tʌn)
noun
a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg or 2204.6 pounds
Also called (not in technical use): metric ton
Word origin
from French
tonne in American English
(tʌn)
noun
a metric ton; 1,000 kg
Examples of 'tonne' in a sentence
tonne
You can make thousands of tonnes of weight savings on each plane each year.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The car weighs three tonnes and uses a parachute to help it to stop.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is a picture of a tonne of weight coming off my shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some 8m tonnes of waste wood are consigned to landfill.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The company said that the tanker was carrying about 275,000 metric tonnes of crude.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
At present, the site produces ten million tonnes of coal a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The target for this year is to produce 5m tonnes for green fuel.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Feeding the workforce alone requires 40 tonnes of rice per day.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The new factory will be able to produce 45,000 tonnes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The stone church weighs about 750 tonnes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was meant to produce 120 tonnes of fuel a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The steel spire weighs about 500 tonnes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This would save 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by avoiding the burning of gas and oil.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The Exchequer already takes 32 per tonne of landfill waste.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There is a decent-sized load bay and it will tow any trailer up to 2.3 metric tonnes.
The Sun (2013)
The pit produces 3 million tonnes of coal each year..
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Each British person will be responsible for 40 tonnes of waste ending up in a landfill site.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That's a combined weight of 15.8 tonnes.
The Sun (2014)
Last year, demand for cocoa exceeded production by 70,000 metric tonnes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She has lost a tonne of weight, she says, and there are other benefits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Each year the world throws away about 21 million tonnes of plastic waste, which is mostly buried in landfill sites.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was one of the largest in Europe, consumed five million tonnes of coal and was big enough to fuel about four million homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Last year, it helped organisations of all sizes to identify some four million tonnes of carbon dioxide savings and potential annual energy reductions worth 390 million.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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British English: tonne NOUN
A tonne is a metric unit of weight that is equal to 1000 kilograms.