Definitions for half-dozen

half-dozen half-doz·en

Spelling: [half-duhz-uh n, hahf-]
IPA: /ˈhælfˈdʌz ən, ˈhɑf-/

Half-Dozen is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 340 anagrams from letters in half-dozen (-adefhlnoz).

Definitions for half-dozen

noun

  1. one half of a dozen; six.

adjective

  1. considering six as a unit; consisting of six.

Origin of half-dozen

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425

Examples for half-dozen

She was as taciturn as ever, speaking scarcely a half-dozen words.

I wrote at least a half-dozen articles myself; each, as I remember, had a distinct conservation theme.

I tried a half-dozen other representatives, none who could remedy the blunder, all who cited different reasons for the occurrence.

The Democratic Party is defending more than a half-dozen seats on Republican-friendly turf.

With it I have often killed a half-dozen of partridges from the same tree.

The half-dozen troopers he considered ample, as indeed they were.

That draper's shop was not the place for a scene, with a half-dozen clerks to enjoy it.

However, astronomers have only identified a half-dozen or so IMBH candidates, and some of those claims are controversial.

By 2013, his third year in congress, he had appeared on Meet the Press a half-dozen times.

Our shanty is the habitation of some half-dozen of us, year out and year in.

Word Value for half-dozen
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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