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 were dozens and dozens of applicants before the job was posted.
If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them. You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen
You can refer to a group of approximately twelve things or people as a dozen. You can refer to a group of approximately six things or people as half a dozen. In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured
Dozens of: 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
The plural form is dozen after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as `several' or `a few'
A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows
emphasis If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them. a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings. You can also use dozens as a pronoun. Just as revealing are Mr Johnson's portraits, of which there are dozens