dozen
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
- A set of twelve.
- A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
- An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
- The number twelve.
Adjective Satellite
- denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Verb
Verb Forms: dozened, dozening, dozens
- To stun or daze someone, often temporarily.
Examples
- Can I have a dozen eggs, please?
- I ordered two dozen doughnuts.
- Pack the shirts in dozens, please.
- Playing "DOZEN" might not win you the game, but it could momentarily stun your opponent into a strategic blunder.
- There are hundreds of people from each continent in the convention but only a few dozen came from Africa.
- There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.
- There were dozens and dozens of applicants before the job was posted.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dozen, dozein, doseyne, from Old French dozaine (“a group of twelve”) (Modern French douzaine), from doze (“twelve”) + -aine (“-ish”), from Latin duodecim (“twelve”) (from duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”)) + -ana (“-ish”).
Synonyms
12, twelve, XII, xii, a great deal of, a lot of, heap of, hundred of, load of, lot of, many, million of, scad of, score of, thousand of
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
dozen: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddozen: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dozen: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary