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Spell Bee Word: Dozen


What does dozen mean?

Word: Dozen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dozen means a group of twelve things. We often buy eggs, bananas and pens by the dozen.

Synonyms: twelve

How do you spell dozen?

Syllables: doz - en

Tricky part: The first vowel sounds like the u in cup, but it is written with an o. That is why duzen is such a common slip.

Watch out for: duzen, dazen

Memory tip: Picture an egg tray: every round egg is an o, and a dozen of them fill the tray. Keep that round o straight after the d.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. a baker's dozen: thirteen, one more than a normal dozen Example: "The bakery gave us a baker's dozen of buns."

Dozen in a sentence

Example 1: Mum bought a dozen bananas from the fruit cart.

Example 2: There were dozens of kites in the sky on the windy afternoon.

Example 3: This tray holds two dozen eggs.

Fun Fact

Twelve dozen make a gross, which is 144 things.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which word rhymes with dozen?

a) frozen
b) cousin
c) chosen
d) oven

Show answer

b) cousin. Cousin has the same uh sound and the same ending as dozen; frozen and chosen use a long o, and oven ends in -ven.

Word Champ

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

doz__

a) on
b) an
c) en
d) un

Show answer

c) en. The word for twelve ends in e-n, as in garden.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) twelve
b) dozzen
c) number
d) eleven

Show answer

b) dozzen. Dozen has just one z; take out the extra one.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) pair : two
b) dozen : twelve
c) centuary : hundred
d) trio : three

Show answer

c) centuary : hundred. Century has no a after the t: c-e-n-t-u-r-y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pencils are there in half a dozen?

a) ten
b) six
c) twelve
d) four

Show answer

b) six

2. Two dozen bangles make how many bangles?

a) 24
b) 20
c) 12
d) 22

Show answer

a) 24

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with do: doorman, doorknob, dollar, download, dough

More words from this list

grinder, lentil, plaster, sort, takeaway, windscreen, border, cosmetic

Next steps

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