twelve
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
twelve/twelv/
▶cardinal number
- 1 equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12. (Roman numeral: xii or XII)
- 2 (the Twelve) the twelve Apostles.
- 3 (12) Brit. (of a film) classified as suitable for people of 12 years and over.
'twelve' also found in these Oxford entries:
anyone
- apostle
- apostlebird
- bat mitzvah
- blues
- capot
- case
- cranial nerves
- current liabilities
- disciple
- dodeca-
- dodecagon
- dodecahedron
- dodecaphonic
- dozen
- draughts
- duodecimal
- duodenum
- eleven
- em
- gross
- guitar
- Hagiographa
- jury
- Kumbh Mela
- lunar year
- midnight
- minor prophet
- month
- noon
- Olympian
- paladin
- past
- peewee
- royal stag
- salmanazar
- shewbread
- shilling
- shinty
- shock
- sign
- single currency
- slam
- small slam
- temperament
- thirteen
- tone row
- twelfth
- twelve-note
