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Adjective(1) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Noun(1) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

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(1) Eventually the claims were whittled down to around a dozen which had some credibility.(2) Long queues at the checkouts at midnight, and not much more than a dozen spaces left in the car park.(3) However, my embassy knows of a dozen recent examples where the opposite has been true.(4) I ploughed through the list of courses and picked out about a dozen that appealed.(5) a dozen bottles of sherry(6) It's Friday evening and so there are a dozen of us trying to catch the barman's eye in the George.(7) A dozen or so sat on their reflections on the smooth steel grey water of the loch.(8) With a dozen or so games left to play in the league, the season could easily tail off between now and May.(9) The first golfer said that he sent his wife a dozen red roses and fixed a gourmet dinner for two.(10) Place the fish in a large saucepan with the milk and a dozen or so peppercorns.(11) There were around a dozen of us that turned up, from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of ages.(12) Unfortunately it was getting dark but in the time available to them they caught a dozen or so fish.(13) Over time the faded memories of the dozen or so participants will go with them to grave.(14) You eat at one of only a dozen or so tables by the swimming pool in a flower-filled courtyard.(15) This contest is primarily a war of turnout in a dozen or so battleground states.(16) For every published writer out there there are at least a dozen unpublished who could be.
Related Words
(1) half a dozen
(2) half-dozen
(3) two dozen
(4) baker's dozen
(5) several dozen
(6) a dime a dozen
(7) by the dozen
(8) over a dozen
(9) a baker's dozen
Synonyms
Noun
1. twelve


Adjective
2. twelve


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

She made these two vests
and half a dozen napkins.

She made these two vests and half a DOZEN napkins.

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 12


lt can't be, l don't know,
Tyrus or any of the couple
dozen muscle-heads

lt can't be, l don't know, Tyrus or any of the couple DOZEN muscle-heads

Breaking Bad Season 4, Episode 6


He could have killed me half a dozen times.

He could have killed me half a DOZEN times.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 8


a dozen lord commanders
came and went during his years of service,

a DOZEN lord commanders came and went during his years of service,

Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 7


but I killed a dozen
of Robert's friends during his rebellion.

but I killed a DOZEN of Robert's friends during his rebellion.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 5


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