'Dozen' definitions:
Definition of 'dozen'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Dozen'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An indefinite small number. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dozen'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An indefinite small number. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dozen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boxcar,
- boxcars,
- duodecimo,
- eighty,
- eleven,
- fifteen,
- fifty,
- five and twenty,
- fortnight,
- forty,
- four and twenty,
- fourscore,
- fourscore and ten,
- fourteen,
- half a hundred,
- L,
- long dozen,
- ninety,
- nonagenarian,
- octogenarian,
- quindecennial,
- quindecim,
- quindecima,
- quindene,
- score,
- septuagenarian,
- seventy,
- sexagenarian,
- sexagenary,
- Sexagesima,
- 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