Twelve+dozen

  • 11Twelve Tables — Twelve Twelve, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zw[ o]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t[=o]lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the second …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Twelve-men's morris — Twelve Twelve, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zw[ o]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t[=o]lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the second …

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  • 13dozen — is a collective noun used in two ways, (1) as dozen, preceded by a numeral, meaning a unit of twelve (two dozen eggs), and (2) as dozens, in informal use, meaning ‘very many’ (We made dozens of mistakes) …

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  • 14dozen — n. 1 (prec. by a or a number) (pl. dozen) twelve, regarded collectively (a dozen eggs; two dozen packets; ordered three dozen). 2 a set or group of twelve (packed in dozens). 3 colloq. about twelve, a fairly large indefinite number. 4 (in pl.;… …

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  • 15dozen — doz|en W3S2 [ˈdʌzən] number plural dozen or dozens written abbreviation doz. [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: dozeine, from doze twelve ] 1.) twelve ▪ a dozen eggs …

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  • 16dozen — [[t]dʌ̱z(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ dozens (The plural form is dozen after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as several or a few .) 1) NUM: usu a/num NUM If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them. ...a dozen eggs...… …

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  • 17dozen — /ˈdʌzən / (say duzuhn) noun (plural dozen or dozens) 1. a group of twelve units or things: cheaper by the dozen. 2. (plural) a great number: dozens of birds in the tree. –adjective 3. amounting to a dozen in number: a dozen eggs. –phrase 4. daily …

  • 18dozen — noun a) A set of twelve. Can I have a dozen eggs, please? b) 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… …

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  • 19dozen — / dVzFn/ written abbreviation doz determiner plural dozen or dozens 1 a dozen/two dozen/three dozen a group of twelve: a dozen eggs | half a dozen 2 dozens (of) informal a lot of: I ve been there dozens of times. | dozens and dozens: They… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20Twelve O'Clock High — Infobox Film | name =Twelve O Clock High caption = original film poster image size = 215px director = Henry King producer = Darryl F. Zanuck writer = Sy Bartlett Henry King Beirne Lay, Jr. starring = Gregory Peck Hugh Marlowe Gary Merrill Dean… …

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