dozen

dozen
    adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn:
           {twelve}, {12}, {xii}, {dozen}]
    n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
         {twelve}, {12}, {XII}, {dozen}]
    

Dozen \Doz"en\ (d[u^]z"'n), n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another
   noun), {Dozens} (d[u^]z"'nz). [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.
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   2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
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   {A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "dozen":
      L, Sexagesima, boxcar, boxcars, duodecimo, eighty, eleven, fifteen,
      fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty, four and twenty,
      fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, half a hundred, long dozen,
      ninety, nonagenarian, octogenarian, quindecennial, quindecim,
      quindecima, quindene, score, septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian,
      sexagenary, 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