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Dozen
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What's The Definition Of Dozen?
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
[adj] denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units Synonyms | Synonyms for Dozen: 12 | 12 | cardinal | twelve | twelve | xii | XII Related Terms | Find terms related to Dozen: boxcar | boxcars | duodecimo | eighty | eleven | fifteen | fifty | five and twenty | fortnight | forty | four and twenty | fourscore | fourscore and ten | fourteen | half a hundred | L | long dozen | ninety | nonagenarian | octogenarian | quindecennial | quindecim | quindecima | quindene | score | septuagenarian | seventy | sexagenarian | sexagenary | Sexagesima | sexagesimo-quarto | sixteen | sixteenmo | sixty | sixty-four | sixty-fourmo | teens | thirteen | thirty-two | thirty-twomo | threescore | threescore and ten | twelve | twelvemo | twenty | twenty-five | twenty-four | twenty-fourmo | two dozen | two weeks | twoscore See Also | boxcars | large integer Dozen In Webster's Dictionary \Doz"en\, n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens}.
[OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze
twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See {Two},
{Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;
with or without of before the substantive which follows.
``Some six or seven dozen of Scots.'' ``A dozen of shirts
to your back.'' ``A dozen sons.'' ``Half a dozen
friends.'' --Shak.
2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
{A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.
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