ton of food

collocation in English

meaningsoftonandfood

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ton
noun[C]
uk
/tʌn/us
/tʌn/
a unit of weight equal to ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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(Definition oftonandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We must now take action to ensure that we grow everytonoffoodpossible from our own soil.
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It is not merely the fact that we can carry atonoffoodor a ton of passengers at a particular price.
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There is today a terrible need for everytonoffoodwe can produce.
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It must be remembered that every ton we can produce at home means that we can save buying atonoffoodfrom abroad.
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If we are to deal with this matter properly, we must produce everytonoffoodthat we possibly can, and we must produce it efficiently.
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Nearly 2,000 tons of food were dropped in 10 different areas.
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More than 20,000,000 tons of food were imported from abroad each year.
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The approximate number of tons of food found by the police was 20, and the approximate value based on the maximum retail prices was £1,200.
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My plant, which was producing tons of food annually, is now practically derelict for the want of practical labour.
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It will mean the addition of two million tons of food.
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It has been estimated that every ton of plant nutrient used is capable of producing 10 tons of food units in one form or another.
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First, it is designed and built for the task of storing, receiving and issuing thousands of tons of food supplies.
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It should be widely known that literally they have to-day tons of food in existence after all they require.
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Some 700,000 tons of food, alone, is going in.
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He said that 1,500 tons of food have already been distributed.
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By bread rationing in this country we could save 500,000 tons of food a year.
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Every day there come into our ports 110,000 tons of merchandise and 50,000 tons of food.
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We are using up 600,000 tons of food as pet food.
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Over l½ tons of food were dropped in a single day by five aircraft for the relief of these isolated forces.
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The operation is planned to last twelve months and will distribute 55,365 tons of food.
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