The meaning of DOZEN is a group of 12. How to use dozen in a sentence.
A dozen (commonly abbreviated doz or dz) is a grouping of twelve. The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive integer groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the Moon, or months, in a cycle of the Sun, or year.
Idiom nineteen/ten to the dozen (Definition of dozen from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them. You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs.
Definition of dozen noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a. twelve or a group of twelve: a dozen eggs; two dozen oranges. b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): give me a dozen; there are at least a dozen who haven't arrived yet.
DOZEN definition: a group of 12. See examples of dozen used in a sentence.
A dozen is twelve. If you buy a dozen doughnuts for six people, everyone will get to eat two of them.
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.
What does dozen mean? This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dozen. A set of twelve.