HyperDic: half_a_dozen

English > 1 sense of the expression *half a dozen*:
NOUN	quantity	half a dozen, six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad	the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

English > *half a dozen*: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
Meaning	The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
Synonyms	six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
Broader	digit, figure	One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
Spanish	6, hexad, seis, sestet, sexteto, sise, sixer
Catalan	6, hexad, sestet, sextet, sise, sis, sixer