dozen
♦♦ doz|en /d'ʌzən/ (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.
You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs...
His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.
2 [NUM] usu a/num NUM
You can refer to a group of approximately twelve things or people as a dozen. You can refer to a group of approximately six things or people as half a dozen.
In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them...
The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.
3 [QUANT] QUANT of pl-n
If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
[PRON]
You can also use dozens as a pronoun.
Just as revealing are Mr Johnson's portraits, of which there are 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.
You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs...
His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.
2 [NUM] usu a/num NUM
You can refer to a group of approximately twelve things or people as a dozen. You can refer to a group of approximately six things or people as half a dozen.
In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them...
The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.
3 [QUANT] QUANT of pl-n
If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
[PRON]
You can also use dozens as a pronoun.
Just as revealing are Mr Johnson's portraits, of which there are dozens.