Results for dozen

Definitions of dozen:

part of speech: adjective

Two and ten or twelve.

part of speech: noun

Twelve things of a kind, taken together.

part of speech: adjective

Twelve in number.

part of speech: noun

Twelve of things of a like kind.

part of speech: noun

A collection of twelve articles: long dozen, devil's dozen, baker's dozen ( thirteen).

Usage examples for dozen:

• You know it isn't a bit safe- I've told you so a dozen times, and every time I come out, here I find you a mile or so nearer to camp. "The Lookout Man", B. M. Bower

• You and Guru are going to take a dozen men and round up as many of Guru's people as you can find. "The Lost Warship", Robert Moore Williams

• There were about a dozen "The U-boat hunters", James B. Connolly

• There he lies; and half- a- dozen of the soldiers with him. "The Hour and the Man An Historical Romance", Harriet Martineau