Definitions
being one more than eleven
Word origin
From Middle English dozen, dozein, doseyne, from Old French dozaine (“a group of twelve”) (Modern French douzaine), from doze (“twelve”) + -aine (“-ish”), from Latin duodecim (“twelve”) (from duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”)) + -ana (“-ish”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Twelve”5 letters
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