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- Dictionarydozen/ˈdʌzn/
noun
- 1. a group or set of twelve: "a dozen bottles of sherry"
- 2. an exchange of insults engaged in as a game or ritual among black Americans.
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a group or collection of twelve: a dozen eggs. I brought home a half dozen/ half a dozen (= six) eggs. (Definition of dozen from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) dozen | Business English. noun [ C ] uk / ˈdʌz ə n / us ( abbreviation doz.) Add to word list. a group of twelve things:
DOZEN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of dozen in English. dozen. noun [ C ], determiner. us / ˈdʌz. ə n / uk / ˈdʌz. ə n / Add to word list. B1. twelve: a dozen eggs. This recipe makes three dozen cookies. dozens of informal I've spoken to him dozens of (= many) times, but I still don't know his name!
noun. doz· en ˈdə-zᵊn. plural dozens or dozen. Synonyms of dozen. 1. : a group of 12. 2. : an indefinitely large number. dozens of times. 3. the dozens plural in form but singular in construction : a ritualized African American word game that consists of exchanging insults usually about the members of an opponent's family. dozen adjective. dozenth.
Define dozen. dozen synonyms, dozen pronunciation, dozen translation, English dictionary definition of dozen. n. 1. pl. dozen Abbr. doz. or dz. A set of 12. 2. dozens An indefinite, large number: dozens of errands to run. adj. Twelve. doz′enth adj. American...
noun. , plural doz·ens, (as after a numeral) doz·en. a group of 12. the dozens,Slang. a ritualized game typically engaged in by two persons each of whom attempts to outdo the other in insults directed against members of the other's family (usually used in the phrase play the dozens ).
Definition of dozen noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them. [ emphasis ] ...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
Definition of dozen – Learner’s Dictionary. dozen. noun, determiner. uk / ˈdʌz ə n / us. Add to word list. B1. twelve, or a group of twelve: There were about a dozen people at the party. dozens informal. a lot: She's got dozens of friends. See also. a dime a dozen.
A dozen is twelve. If you buy a dozen doughnuts for six people, everyone will get to eat two of them. When you buy a dozen of something, you'll end up with twelve items. Your cat might, amazingly, have a dozen kittens, leading you to make a dozen phone calls trying to find homes for them all.
(as plural only, always followed by of) 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. There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.
