thousand : Idioms & Phrases


hundred thousand

  • noun the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
    lakh; 100000.
  • adjective satellite (in Roman numerals, C written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 100,000 items or units
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mother-of-thousands

  • noun eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons
    strawberry saxifrage; Saxifraga sarmentosam; Saxifraga stolonifera; strawberry geranium.
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one thousand

  • noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
    yard; G; thou; thousand; grand; M; chiliad; K; 1000.
  • adjective satellite denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
    thousand; m; k; 1000.
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one thousand million

  • noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
    billion; 1000000000.
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one thousand thousand

  • noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
    meg; million; 1000000.
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ten thousand

  • noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
    myriad; 10000.
  • adjective satellite denoting a quantity consisting of 10,000 items or units
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thousand and one nights

  • noun a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
    Arabian Nights; Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
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thousand island dressing

  • noun mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg
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thousand legs

Thou"sand legs`
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  1. (Zoöl.) A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.
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thousand times

  • adverb by three orders of magnitude
    thousand times.
    • this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic
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thousand-fold

  • adverb by three orders of magnitude
    thousand times.
    • this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic
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Upper ten thousand, ∨ (abbreviated) Upper ten

  • the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. Colloq.
Webster 1913