DOZEN

twelve, xii, dozen

(adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units

twelve, XII, dozen

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dozen (plural dozens or dozen)

A set of twelve.

(as plural only, always followed by of) 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.

(metallurgy) An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.

Synonyms

• (followed by of: a large number of): a great deal of, a lot of, heaps of, hundreds of, loads of, lots of, many, millions of, scores of, scads of, thousands of

Antonyms

• (followed by of: a large number of): few

Abbreviations

• doz

Hyponyms

• baker's dozen

• banker's dozen

• Botany Bay dozen

• daily dozen

• double dozen

• half dozen

• long dozen

Anagrams

• zendo, zoned

Source: Wiktionary

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Doz"en, n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens (. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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