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tons

/tʌnz/

Sounds like tonnes, tuns · Rhymes with -ʌnz

noun

plural plural of ton

noun

colloquial, plural, plural only Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things). I have tons of pens, but none of them work.
Similar: a lot, a thing or two, loads

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Closest in meaning: oodles, lots, loads, lashings, heaps, piles, dozens, stacks, gobs, rafts, scads, scores, slews, wads, metrics, shades

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@misc{tons_2026,
  title = {tons},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tons},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}