twelve

/twɛlv/ · noun

Meaning

A group of twelve items.
A twelve-bore gun.
A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
Police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
Law enforcement; the police

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Related words

dozen(English)cardinal(English)xii(English)ten(English)12th(English)twenty-second(English)december(English)midnight(English)apostles(English)thirteen(English)fourteen(English)sixteen(English)

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