dozen
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
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- (countable) A dozen is 12 of something.
- He ate half a dozen cookies and felt sick.
- The family had brought him a dozen roses, to mark the end of his journey.
- (countable) A dozen is a large number.
- I've been there dozens of times.