plural dozens or 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
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of dozen in a Sentence
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
Recent Examples on the Web
The Kid, the real-life outlaw, died at the age of 21 after having killed around two dozen people.
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Peter White, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Virginia State Police rescued dozens of people who climbed on the roof of a Tennessee hospital to escape rising flood waters.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Nearly two dozen students and teachers in Thailand are feared dead after a school bus was engulfed in flames on Tuesday while traveling for a field trip on Tuesday, officials said.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
Michelle Curley, the Cincinnati Zoo's communications director, told The Enquirer via email that there are over two dozen varieties of elephant ear plants in Elephant Trek.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
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Peter White, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Virginia State Police rescued dozens of people who climbed on the roof of a Tennessee hospital to escape rising flood waters.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Nearly two dozen students and teachers in Thailand are feared dead after a school bus was engulfed in flames on Tuesday while traveling for a field trip on Tuesday, officials said.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
Michelle Curley, the Cincinnati Zoo's communications director, told The Enquirer via email that there are over two dozen varieties of elephant ear plants in Elephant Trek.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dozen. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
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