 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dozen
adjective: denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: {twelve},
{12}, {xii}]
noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
{twelve}, {12}, {XII}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dozen \Doz"en\ (d[u^]z"'n), noun; 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.
2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
{A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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