Definition of thousand

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Thousand (n.) The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

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Rubiaceous :: Rubiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms..
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Denomination :: Denomination (n.) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons..
Myriametre :: Myriametre (n.) A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles..
Megametre :: Megametre (n.) In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers..
Chiliarchy :: Chiliarchy (n.) A body consisting of a thousand men.
Tunny :: Tunny (n.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse..
Number :: Number (n.) To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand..
Thousandth :: Thousandth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
Kilometre :: Kilometre (n.) A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile..
Penny :: Penny (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds..
M :: M () As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin..
Thousandth :: Thousandth (a.) Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time..
Brick :: Brick (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick..
Millenarian :: Millenarian (a.) Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians..
Thousand :: Thousand (n.) Hence, indefinitely, a great number..
Myriagramme :: Myriagramme (n.) A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois..
Millilitre :: Millilitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce..
Thousand :: Thousand (a.) Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
Donate :: Donate (v. t.) To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college..
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