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# dozen

noun (dozen, dozens)

«dozen» in the English dictionary: everyday and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dozen is twelve: a dozen eggs is 12 eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#m1)
2. Dozens means a lot, many: «dozens of people». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#m2)
3. A dozen can also mean twelve strokes of the cane given as a punishment at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#m3)

### In the lessons

a group of twelve: «N dozen» is N × 12; eggs, rolls and cookies are often sold by the dozen; «half a dozen» is 6; a «baker's dozen» is 13; phrases: «a dozen», «half a dozen», «dozens of», «by the dozen»

### Examples

- Mum buys 3 dozen eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x1)
- Mum buys nine and a half dozen eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x2)
- A baker made 2 dozen rolls and sold 15. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x3)
- A dozen eggs come in one box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x4)
- Half a dozen is six. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x5)
- Dozens of birds sat on the wires. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x6)
- A baker's dozen is 13, one extra for luck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x7)
- We need two dozen cupcakes for the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x8)
- I would rather lose a dozen cherry trees than that you should tell one false-hood." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/#x9)

### Note

«A dozen is twelve.» «N dozen» is N × 12; «half a dozen» is 6; «N and a half dozen» is N × 12 + 6. After a number, say «3 dozen», not «3 dozens».

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dozen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dozen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dozen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dozen.html) on Mova free.