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tonner

tonner noun: a vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.

Noun

tonner (plural tonners)

  1. (in-compounds) A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.
    • There came a welcome interruption, however, when I heard the roar of wheels and rejoiced to see my Leyland three-tonner come rolling and heaving over the grass, heaped up with tools and sections of tubing, and bearing my foreman, Peters, and a very grimy assistant in front.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed

Forms of tonner

pluraltonners

Origin of tonner

From ton + -er or tonne + -er.

Questions about tonner

What does tonner mean?
Tonner means a vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.
What part of speech is tonner?
Tonner is a noun.
What is the plural of tonner?
The plural of tonner is tonners.

Words near tonner in the dictionary

  1. tonneladas
  2. tonnelet
  3. tonnelets
  4. tonnell
  5. tonnells
  6. tonner
  7. Tonnerre
  8. tonners
  9. tonnes
  10. tonnid
  11. tonnids

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