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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large number or amount;
- Example: "made lots of new friends"
- Example: "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
[syn: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dozen \Doz"en\ (d[u^]z"'n), n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens (d[u^]z"'nz). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.] 1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. "Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An indefinite small number. --Milton. [1913 Webster] A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dozens n 1: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers" [syn: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings]