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

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.