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dozen gross

dozen gross

9.9
A number equal to 1,728 or 12 times 144
  • noun
  • /ˈdʌzən ɡrɔs/
translation icon : docena de grueso
  • If you order a dozen gross of pencils, you'll get 1,728 pencils altogether.

Examples

  • The warehouse received a shipment of dozen gross of screws for the new project.

  • I ordered a dozen gross of pencils for the school.

  • Historical records mention that the craftsman produced a dozen gross of buttons each month.

  • Can you believe they sell a dozen gross of donuts at once?

  • If you order a dozen gross of pencils, you'll receive 1,728 pencils in total.

  • The company manufactured a dozen gross of paper clips to meet the bulk order.

  • At the craft fair, she sold a dozen gross of handmade greeting cards.

Synonyms

great gross
vsdozen gross
  • Archaic
9.9

A group of 1,728 items

is the same numeric value but named with a different term form

Surface Forms

dozen gross singular
dozen grosses plural

Morphology

dozen + gross

If a learner knows 'dozen' (12) and 'gross' (144), 'dozen gross' is transparently interpreted as 'a dozen of gross' = 12 × 144 = 1,728. The meaning follows regular numeric/compositional logic rather than idiomatic change, so it is predictable from the constituents (though it requires basic arithmetic).

Etymology

The compound noun dozen gross comes from counting groups: a dozen is 12 and a gross is 144, so a dozen gross is twelve groups of 144 items and means '1,728'.