Dozen vs. Kilogram
Dozen and Kilogram Definitions
Dozen
Pl. dozen Abbr. doz. or dz. A set of 12.
Kilogram
Abbr. kg The base unit of mass in the International System, equal to 1,000 grams (2.2046 pounds). See Table at measurement.
Dozen
Dozens An indefinite, large number
Dozens of errands to run.
Kilogram
Kilogram force.
Dozen
Twelve.
Kilogram
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg
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Dozen
A set of twelve.
Can I have a dozen eggs, please?
I ordered two dozen doughnuts.
There shouldn't be more than two dozen Christmas cards left to write.
Pack the shirts in dozens, please.
Kilogram
(proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
Dozen
A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.
There were dozens and dozens of applicants before the job was posted.
Kilogram
A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.
Dozen
(metallurgy) An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
Kilogram
One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;
A kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds
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Dozen
(bingo) twelve
Dozen
A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.
Dozen
An indefinite small number.
Dozen
The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
Dozen
Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
