ton|er /toʊ nə r / (toners ) N‑VAR A toner is a substance which you can put on your skin, for example to clean it or make it less oily.
tongs /tɒ ŋz, [AM ] tɔː ŋz/
1 N‑PLURAL [oft a pair of N ] Tongs are a tool that you use to grip and pick up objects that you do not want to touch. They consist of two long narrow pieces of metal joined together at one end.
2 hammer and tongs → see hammer
tongue /tʌ ŋ/ (tongues )
1 N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking. □ I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out. □ She ran her tongue around her lips.
2 N‑COUNT You can use tongue to refer to the kind of things that a person says. □ She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.
3 N‑COUNT A tongue is a language. [LITERARY ] □ The French feel passionately about their native tongue.
4 → see also mother tongue
5 N‑VAR Tongue is the cooked tongue of an ox or sheep. It is usually eaten cold.
6 N‑COUNT The tongue of a shoe or boot is the piece of leather which is underneath the laces.
7 N‑COUNT A tongue of something such as fire or land is a long thin piece of it. [LITERARY ] □ [+ of ] A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.
8 PHRASE A tongue-in-cheek remark or attitude is not serious, although it may seem to be. □ …a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach.
9 PHRASE If you hold your tongue , you do not say anything even though you might want to or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it. □ Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.
10 PHRASE If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue , you mean that you said it by mistake. □ At one stage he referred to Anna as John's fiancée, but later said that was a slip of the tongue.
11 to bite your tongue → see bite
to ngue-in-chee k → see tongue
to ngue-lashing (tongue-lashings ) also tongue lashing N‑COUNT If someone gives you a tongue-lashing , they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. [INFORMAL ] □ After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.
to ngue-tied ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If someone is tongue-tied , they are unable to say anything because they feel shy or nervous. □ In their presence I became self-conscious and tongue-tied.
to ngue-twister (tongue-twisters ) also tongue twister N‑COUNT A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
ton|ic /tɒ n I k/ (tonics )
1 N‑VAR Tonic or tonic water is a colourless fizzy drink that has a slightly bitter flavour and is often mixed with alcoholic drinks, especially gin. □ Keeler sipped at his gin and tonic. □ …low-calorie tonics.
2 N‑VAR A tonic is a medicine that makes you feel stronger, healthier, and less tired. □ Britons are spending twice as much on health tonics as they were five years ago.
3 N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] A tonic is anything that makes you feel stronger, more cheerful, or more enthusiastic. □ Seeing Marcus at that moment was a great tonic. [Also + for ]
to|night ◆◆◇ /təna I t/ ADV [n ADV ] Tonight is used to refer to the evening of today or the night that follows today. □ I'm at home tonight. □ Tonight, I think he proved to everybody what a great player he was. □ There they will stay until 11 o'clock tonight. ● N‑UNCOUNT Tonight is also a noun. □ …tonight's flight to London.
ton|nage /tʌ n I dʒ/ (tonnages )
1 N‑VAR The tonnage of a ship is its size or the amount of space that it has inside it for cargo. [TECHNICAL ]
2 N‑VAR Tonnage is the total number of tons that something weighs, or the total amount that there is of it.
tonne /tʌ n/ (tonnes ) N‑COUNT [num N ] A tonne is a metric unit of weight that is equal to 1000 kilograms. □ [+ of ] …65.5 million tonnes of coal.
ton|sil|li|tis /tɒ ns I la I t I s/ N‑UNCOUNT Tonsillitis is a painful swelling of your tonsils caused by an infection.
ton|sils /tɒ ns I lz/ The form tonsil is used as a modifier. N‑PLURAL Your tonsils are the two small soft lumps in your throat at the back of your mouth.
tony /toʊ ni/ (tonier , toniest ) ADJ If you describe something as tony , you mean it is stylish and sophisticated. [AM ] □ …a tony dance club in Manhattan.
too
➊ ADDING SOMETHING OR RESPONDING
➋ INDICATING EXCESS
➊ too ◆◆◆ /tuː /
1 ADV You use too after mentioning another person, thing, or aspect that a previous statement applies to or includes. □ 'Nice to talk to you.'—'Nice to talk to you too.' □ 'I've got a great feeling about it.'—'Me too.' □ He doesn't want to meet me. I, too, have been afraid to talk to him. □ We talked to her agent. He's your agent, too, right?
2 ADV You use too after adding a piece of information or a comment to a statement, in order to emphasize that it is surprising or important. [EMPHASIS ] □ We did learn to read, and quickly too. □ People usually think of it as a 'boys' book', which of course it is, and a very good one too.
3 ADV You use too at the end of a sentence to emphasize an opinion that you have added after a statement made by you or by another person. [EMPHASIS ] □ 'That money's mine.'—'Of course it is, and quite right too.' □ 'Oh excuse me.'—'I should think so too.'