tonnage
or tun·nage
ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes.
Origin of tonnage
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How to use tonnage in a sentence
The exact tonnage of the San Gabriel Mountains, which frame Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine, has never been measured.
No asterisk required: These Dodgers were historically great — and legitimate champions | Thomas M. Boswell | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostIt was a key reason why the half million U.S. soldiers and massive bomb tonnage could not achieve decisive military victory.
Going Back to Vietnam Is Sometimes Amusing, Often Fraught, and Always Surreal | Jeff Greenfield | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the negative side, the sheer tonnage of opinions can overwhelm and cause a degree of amnesia.
His death is not commensurate with the tonnage of human suffering he caused.
The tonnage entered in Philippine ports shows a rapid annual increase in five years.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
Old and new measurements, tonnage, time allowances and movable ballast, are all a sealed book to me.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsThese vessels, indeed, were of no considerable tonnage; but I confess myself at a loss to guess their object.
This was owing to there still being a tonnage class, A, B and C, the new rating and the length classes.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.The object of handicaps is to get sport amongst craft of varied tonnage, class, and build, by giving time allowance.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
British Dictionary definitions for tonnage
tunnage
/ (ˈtʌnɪdʒ) /
the capacity of a merchant ship expressed in tons, for which purpose a ton is considered as 40 cubic feet of freight or 100 cubic feet of bulk cargo, unless such an amount would weigh more than 2000 pounds in which case the actual weight is used
the weight of the cargo of a merchant ship
the total amount of shipping of a port or nation, estimated by the capacity of its ships
a duty on ships based either on their capacity or their register tonnage
Origin of tonnage
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