tonnellata — meaning in English

English meaning

• ton noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).

Senses

tonnellata is used for these senses in English:

• metric ton (chiefly, _, US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
• register ton (nautical, obsolete) A unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m3.
• ton Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:

ton — full definition

1. noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
2. noun Informal: a huge or overwhelming amount of something.