BAKER'S DOZEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baker's dozen mean? 

• BAKER'S DOZEN (noun)
  The noun BAKER'S DOZEN has 1 sense:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

  Familiarity information: BAKER'S DOZEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAKER'S DOZEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

13; baker's dozen; long dozen; thirteen; XIII

Hypernyms ("baker's dozen" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

 Context examples 

The observations have revealed numerous clumps of material, a baker's dozen of which may evolve into the most powerful kinds of stars in the universe.

(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)