D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Thousand

/thou′zənd/ · Thou·sand · IPA /ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)/
01 n. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
  1. 1.
    The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
  2. 2.
    Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
    “A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand.” — Ps. xci. 7.
  3. 3.
    A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CIC̆.
02 a. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
  1. 1.
    Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
  2. 2.
    Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.