plural of thousand

A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³

Alternative form of one thousand, the number 1000 = 10³.

An indefinite but emphatically large number. / (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) Tiny balls or strands of multicoloured sugar, sprinkled over ice cream, desserts or party foods.

plural of long thousand

The decade of the 2000s.

Bryophyllum delagoense, a succulent plant native to Madagascar. / Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage). / Soleirolia soleirolii, a plant in the nettle family.

A large number of people in one place or doing one thing.

In the sense of the sugar decoration, an error for hundreds and thousands. / An imprecise or unknown number between one hundred thousand and a million; numbering hundreds of thousands.

The cardinal number occurring after one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and before two thousand and one.