ton
Example Sentences
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He could place a copy of the order, etched in a 2 ½ -ton stone monument, in the White House Entrance Hall.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2017
The public will still be able to exit via the massive, 6 1/2 -ton sculpted doors.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2010
In Balderstone, Johnston, Edmondstone, Livingstone, the suffix is -ton, though the frequence of Johnston points to corruption from Johnson, just as in Nottingham we have the converse case of Beeson from the local Beeston.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
The question how far the villages were really new settlements is difficult to answer, for the terminations -ham, -ton, &c. cannot be regarded as conclusive evidence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
