Noun: tonnage
| Singular | tonnage |
| Plural | tonnages |
Sample Sentences
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With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner. [1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:]
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DB Cargo is understood to be looking at the feasibility of re-gearing some of its Class 66s to allow them to haul the same tonnages as the Class 60s it has taken out of its fleet in the latter part of 2023. [2023 December 13, “Network News: GB Railfreight heads for biggest fleet”, in RAIL, number 998, page 18:]
Nouns inflected like tonnage
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French tonnage. Equivalent to tonne + -age.
Verbs referencing "tonnage"
Dutch Nouns
tonnage.