Doz·en n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. “Some six or seven dozen of Scots.” “A dozen of shirts to your back.” “A dozen sons.” “Half a dozen friends.”
2. An indefinite small number.
A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
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dozen
adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: twelve,
12, xii]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
twelve, 12, XII]