Associations to the word «Twelve»

TWELVE, noun. A group of twelve items.

TWELVE, noun. A twelve-bore gun.

TWELVE, noun. (legal) (colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, noun. Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season: the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, noun. Title of a Christmas carol in which one person gives another person successively greater and more numerous presents each day of the Christmas season

TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES, proper noun. (Greek mythology) (Roman mythology) Twelve tasks carried out by the Greek hero Herakles (romanized as Hercules) as his penance.

TWELVE O'CLOCK, noun. The first hour of the day in both the 12-hour and the 24-hour clock and also noon in the 12-hour clock; 12:00.

TWELVE PENNY NAIL, noun. Alternative form of twelvepenny nail

TWELVE STEPPER, noun. Alternative spelling of twelve-stepper

TWELVE STEPPERS, noun. Plural of twelve stepper (alternative spelling of twelve-steppers).

TWELVE, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one.

TWELVE, adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.