tons

Definition of Tons in English :

a large number or amount

Example Sentences:
'made lots of new friends'
'she amassed stacks of newspapers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tons

plural noun

1.

a large amount or number

tons of money

I have tons of shoes

adverb

2.

(intensifier)

I looked and felt tons better

n.

1. A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms). Also called net ton, short ton.

2. A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds (1.016 metric tons or 1,016.05 kilograms). Also called long ton.

3. A metric ton. See Table at measurement.

4. A unit of capacity for cargo in maritime shipping, normally estimated at 40 cubic feet.

5. A unit of internal capacity of a ship equal to 100 cubic feet.

6. A unit for measuring the displacement of ships, equal to 35 cubic feet, and supposed to equal the volume taken by a long ton of seawater.

7. often tons Informal

a. A large extent, amount, or number: has a ton of work; gets tons of fan mail.

b. Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean "to a great degree or extent" or "frequently": felt a ton better; has seen her tons lately.