Associations to the word «Dozen»

Wiktionary

DOZEN, noun. (countable) A set of twelve.
DOZEN, noun. (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.
DOZEN, noun. (metallurgy) An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.

Dictionary definition

DOZEN, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one.
DOZEN, adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley