Meaning of dozen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A set of twelve.
2. A member of a K-pop group who has no talent.
   derogatory
3. A set of twelve
4. Twelve.
5. 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.
6. 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
7. A counting unit equal to 12.
8. An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
9. An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight
10. a group of twelve. two dozen handkerchiefs; These eggs are 50 cents a dozen; Half-a-dozen eggs, please. dosyn دَزّينَه، إثنا عَشَر дузина dúzia tucet das Dutzend dusin ντουζίναdocena tosin دو جین kaksitoista douzaineתריסר दर्जन, बारह tucet, dvanaest tucat lusin tylft dozzina ダース 12개 tuzinas ducis dozen dozijndusintuzin درجن dúzia duzină дюжина tucet ducat tuce dussin หนึ่งโหล düzine (一)打，十二個 дюжина کسی عدد کے بعد 12 کی تعداد کے لۓ استعمال کرنا tá （一）打，十二个
11. The number twelve.
12. The number twelve
13. very many. I've been there dozens of times. dikwels دَزّينات من، مَرّات كَثيرَه много montes de mnoho dutzende Male dusinvis ένα σωρό montones de lugematud خیلی tusinoittain des douzaines (de) עָשַׂרוֹת बहुत बार mnogo számtalan(szor) banyak margoft, margsinnis; mjög margir dozzine di たくさんの 매우 많이 dešimtys, daugybė milzums banyak kali tientallen dusinvismnóstwo ډير montes de zeci de множество, масса hŕba na ducate bezbroj dussintals จำนวนมาก yüzlerce, pek çok 許多 багато بہت زیادہ nhiều 许多
14. A member of a K-pop group who has no talent
15. docena.
16. pl. dozen Abbr. doz. or dz. A set of 12.
17. dozens An indefinite, large number: dozens of errands to run.
18. (Units) a. twelve or a group of twelve: a dozen eggs; two dozen oranges.
19. by the dozen in large quantities
20. (Units) See baker's dozen

Equivalents

Examples

“Can I have a dozen eggs, please?”

“I ordered two dozen doughnuts.”

“There are hundreds of people from each continent in the convention but only a few dozen came from Africa.”

“Pack the shirts in dozens, please.”

“Almost three dozen US service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after the Iranian missile attack earlier this month, the Pentagon said Friday.”

“There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.”

“There were dozens and dozens of applicants before the job was posted.”

“Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.”

“Jessalyn, known to her family as Jessa, was one of the dozens who were hit.”

“The dozen as a measure for iron ore remained almost completely constant at 12 cwts. during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.”

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