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1 dozen
plurals - dozens; noun(a group of twelve: two dozen handkerchiefs; These eggs are 50 cents a dozen; Half-a-dozen eggs, please.) tylft- dozens of- dozens -
2 a baker's dozen
(thirteen.) þrettán stykki -
3 talk nineteen to the dozen
(to talk (to one another) continually or for a long time.) samkjafta ekki, blaðra endalaust saman -
4 bake
[beik]1) (to cook in an oven: I'm going to bake (bread) today; She baked the ham.) baka2) (to dry or harden by heat: The sun is baking the ground dry.) baka•- baked- baker
- bakery
- baking
- baking powder
- a baker's dozen -
5 half-
a half-dozen; a half-kilo of tea.) hálf-, hálfur -
6 minibus
(a small bus, usually with only a dozen seats or so: The school choir hired a minibus.) smárúta -
7 nineteen
1. noun1) (the number or figure 19.) nítján2) (the age of 19.) nítján ára2. adjective1) (19 in number.) nítján2) (aged 19.) nítján ára•- nineteenth
- nineteen-year-old 3. adjective((of a person, animal or thing) that is nineteen years old.) nítján ára -
8 or so
(about; approximately: I bought a dozen or so (books).) um það bil
См. также в других словарях:
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dozen — doz‧en [ˈdʌzn] written abbreviation doz. noun dozens PLURALFORM or dozen [countable] a group of twelve things: • More than a dozen managers have come … Financial and business terms
dozen — is a collective noun used in two ways, (1) as dozen, preceded by a numeral, meaning a unit of twelve (two dozen eggs), and (2) as dozens, in informal use, meaning ‘very many’ (We made dozens of mistakes) … Modern English usage
dozen — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a group or set of twelve. ● talk nineteen to the dozen Cf. ↑talk nineteen to the dozen DERIVATIVES dozenth adjective. ORIGIN Old French dozeine, from Latin duodecim twelve … English terms dictionary
dozen — [duz′ən] n. pl. dozens or, esp. after a number, dozen [ME dozeine < OFr dozaine < douze, twelve < L duodecim, twelve < duo, TWO + decem, TEN] 1. a set of twelve: see also BAKER S DOZEN 2. [often pl.] a large number ☆ the do … English World dictionary
dozen — c.1300, from O.Fr. dozaine a dozen, from doze (12c.) twelve, from L. duodecim twelve, from duo two + decem ten (see TEN (Cf. ten)). The O.Fr. fem. suffix aine is characteristically added to cardinals to form collectives in a precise sense (… … Etymology dictionary
Dozen — (engl., spr. dösn), das Dutzend, als Zählgröße bei Stückgütern = 12, das long D. = 13 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Dozen — Doz redirects here. For the Afro Asiatic language, see DOZ. Dozens redirects here. For other uses, see Dozens (disambiguation). Group of twelve redirects here. For other uses, see Group of Twelve (disambiguation). A dozen (common abbreviated doz… … Wikipedia
dozen — 01. He bought about a [dozen] CDs yesterday during the one day sale. 02. Can you pick up a [dozen] eggs at the grocery store on the way home? 03. I picked up half a [dozen] bagels and some cream cheese to take on the picnic. 04. There were about… … Grammatical examples in English
dozen — doz|en W3S2 [ˈdʌzən] number plural dozen or dozens written abbreviation doz. [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: dozeine, from doze twelve ] 1.) twelve ▪ a dozen eggs … Dictionary of contemporary English