Associations to the word «Dozen»
Noun
Adverb
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 to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.